stov/outputhelper.py

#
#        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.
#
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#       along with stov.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.


# -*- coding: utf8 -*-

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 isinstance(string, unicode):
				print string.encode("utf8")
			elif string is str:
				print string
			else:
				print str(string)
		elif level == "verbose":
			if isinstance(string, unicode):
				print string.encode("utf8")
			elif string is str:
				print string
			else:
				print str(string)	
		elif level == "quiet":
			pass
	elif descriptor == "stderr":
		if level == "default" and outputlevel == "default":
			if isinstance(string, unicode):
				print >> sys.stderr, string.encode("utf8")
			elif string is str:
				print >> sys.stderr, string
			else:
				print str(string)
		elif level == "verbose":
			if isinstance(string, unicode):
				print >> sys.stderr, string.encode("utf8")
			elif string is str:
				print >> sys.stderr, string
			else:
				print >> sys.stderr, str(string)	
		elif level == "quiet":
			pass