# coding: utf-8

"""
Exposes functionality needed throughout the project.

"""


def _get_string_types():
    """
    Return the Python3 string type (no more python2)
    """
    return (str, type('a'.encode('utf-8')))


_STRING_TYPES = _get_string_types()


def is_string(obj):
    """
    Return whether the given object is a byte string or unicode string.

    This function is provided for compatibility with both Python 2 and 3
    when using 2to3.

    """
    return isinstance(obj, _STRING_TYPES)


# This function was designed to be portable across Python versions -- both
# with older versions and with Python 3 after applying 2to3.
def read(path):
    """
    Return the contents of a text file as a byte string.

    """
    # Opening in binary mode is necessary for compatibility across Python
    # 2 and 3.  In both Python 2 and 3, open() defaults to opening files in
    # text mode.  However, in Python 2, open() returns file objects whose
    # read() method returns byte strings (strings of type `str` in Python 2),
    # whereas in Python 3, the file object returns unicode strings (strings
    # of type `str` in Python 3).
    f = open(path, 'rb')
    # We avoid use of the with keyword for Python 2.4 support.
    try:
        return f.read()
    finally:
        f.close()


class MissingTags(object):

    """Contains the valid values for Renderer.missing_tags."""

    ignore = 'ignore'
    strict = 'strict'


class PystacheError(Exception):
    """Base class for Pystache exceptions."""


class TemplateNotFoundError(PystacheError):
    """An exception raised when a template is not found."""