# Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license - see LICENSE.rst

"""
Handle loading six package from system or from the bundled copy
"""

import imp
from distutils.version import StrictVersion


_SIX_MIN_VERSION = StrictVersion('1.10.0')

# Update this to prevent Astropy from using its bundled copy of six
# (but only if some other version of at least _SIX_MIN_VERSION can
# be provided)
_SIX_SEARCH_PATH = ['astropy.extern.bundled.six', 'six']


def _find_module(name, path=None):
    """
    Alternative to `imp.find_module` that can also search in subpackages.
    """

    parts = name.split('.')

    for part in parts:
        if path is not None:
            path = [path]

        fh, path, descr = imp.find_module(part, path)

    return fh, path, descr


def _import_six(search_path=_SIX_SEARCH_PATH):
    for mod_name in search_path:
        try:
            mod_info = _find_module(mod_name)
        except ImportError:
            continue

        mod = imp.load_module(__name__, *mod_info)

        try:
            if StrictVersion(mod.__version__) >= _SIX_MIN_VERSION:
                break
        except (AttributeError, ValueError):
            # Attribute error if the six module isn't what it should be and
            # doesn't have a .__version__; ValueError if the version string
            # exists but is somehow bogus/unparseable
            continue
    else:
        raise ImportError(
            "Astropy requires the 'six' module of minimum version {0}; "
            "normally this is bundled with the astropy package so if you get "
            "this warning consult the packager of your Astropy "
            "distribution.".format(_SIX_MIN_VERSION))


_import_six()