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#-*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# pycomp.py
# Compatibility layer between python2 and python3
#
# Copyright (C) 2016 Jakub Kadlcik
#
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from sys import version_info

PY3 = version_info.major >= 3

if PY3:
	from io import StringIO
	from functools import lru_cache
else:
	from StringIO import StringIO
	from backports.functools_lru_cache import lru_cache


def load_source(module_name, path):
	"""
	Read and evaluate a python file
	This is useful when we don't know the module name beforehand and somehow
	figure it out at the runtime (e.g. user-defined hook files)
	"""
	if not PY3:
		import imp
		return imp.load_source(module_name, path)

	from importlib.machinery import SourceFileLoader
	import types
	loader = SourceFileLoader(module_name, path)
	loaded = types.ModuleType(loader.name)
	return loader.exec_module(loaded)