6 

     7 import os

     8 import re

     9 import locale

    10 

    11 from constants.VERSION import *

    12 import constants.ERROR as ERR

    13 

    14 # Set all of the locales according to the current environment variables

    15 # and get the character encoding.

    16 locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')

    17 ENCODING = locale.nl_langinfo(locale.CODESET)

    18 

    19 def w_std(*args):

    20     """Writes each arg of args, encoded in the current ENCODING, to stdout and

    21     appends a newline."""

    22     for arg in args:

    23         os.sys.stdout.write(arg.encode(ENCODING, 'replace'))

    24         os.sys.stdout.write('\n')

    25 

    26 def w_err(code, *args):

    27     """Writes each arg of args, encoded in the current ENCODING, to stderr and

    28     appends a newline.

    29     This function additional interrupts the program execution and uses 'code'

    30     system exit status."""

    31     for arg in args:

    32         os.sys.stderr.write(arg.encode(ENCODING, 'replace'))

    33         os.sys.stderr.write('\n')

    34     os.sys.exit(code)

    35 

    36 __all__ = [

    37         # imported modules

    38         'os', 're', 'locale',

    39         # version information from VERSION

    40         '__author__', '__date__', '__version__',

    41         # error codes

    42         'ERR',

    43         # defined stuff

    44         'ENCODING', 'w_std', 'w_err'

    45         ]