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