Source code for benchbuild.utils.user_interface
"""
User interface helpers for benchbuild.
"""
import sys
# Taken from the following recipe: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/577058/
[docs]def query_yes_no(question, default="yes"):
"""
Ask a yes/no question via raw_input() and return their answer.
Args:
question (str): Question hat is presented to the user.
default (str): The presumed answer, if the user just hits <Enter>.
It must be "yes" (the default), "no" or None (meaning
an answer is required of the user).
Returns (boolean):
True, if 'yes', False otherwise.
"""
valid = {"yes": True, "y": True, "ye": True, "no": False, "n": False}
if default is None:
prompt = " [y/n] "
elif default == "yes":
prompt = " [Y/n] "
elif default == "no":
prompt = " [y/N] "
else:
raise ValueError("invalid default answer: '{0!s}'".format(default))
while True:
sys.stdout.write(question + prompt)
choice = input().lower()
if default is not None and choice == '':
return valid[default]
elif choice in valid:
return valid[choice]
else:
sys.stdout.write("Please respond with 'yes' or 'no' "
"(or 'y' or 'n').\n")
[docs]def ask(question, default_answer=False, default_answer_str="no"):
response = default_answer
if sys.stdin.isatty():
response = query_yes_no(question, default_answer_str)
return response