#
#        This file is part of stov, written by Helmut Pozimski in 2012.
#
#       stov is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
#       it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
#       the Free Software Foundation, version 2 of the License.
#
#       stov is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
#       but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
#       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
#       GNU General Public License for more details.
#
#       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
#       along with stov.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.


# -*- coding: utf8 -*-

from __future__ import unicode_literals, print_function

import sys

"""

A little helper function used to do some additional checks before actually
using print to generate the output"""


def printf(string, outputlevel, descriptor="stdout", level="default"):
	if descriptor == "stdout":
		if level == "default" and outputlevel == "default":
			if sys.version_info >= (3,0):
				print(string)
			else:
				print(string.encode("utf8"))
		elif level == "verbose":
			if sys.version_info >= (3,0):
				print(string)
			else:
				print(string.encode("utf8"))
		elif level == "quiet":
			pass
	elif descriptor == "stderr":
		if level == "default" and outputlevel == "default":
			if sys.version_info >= (3,0):
				print (string, file=sys.stderr)
			else:
				print(string.encode("utf8"), file=sys.stderr)
		elif level == "verbose":
			if sys.version_info >= (3,0):
				print (string, file=sys.stderr)
			else:
				print(string.encode("utf8"), file=sys.stderr)
		elif level == "quiet":
			pass