# coding: utf-8
# pylint: disable=invalid-name, no-member
""" ctypes library of nnvm and helper functions """
from __future__ import absolute_import

import sys
import ctypes
import numpy as np
from . import libinfo

__all__ = ['TVMError']
#----------------------------
# library loading
#----------------------------
if sys.version_info[0] == 3:
    string_types = str,
    numeric_types = (float, int, np.float32, np.int32)
    # this function is needed for python3
    # to convert ctypes.char_p .value back to python str
    py_str = lambda x: x.decode('utf-8')
else:
    string_types = basestring,
    numeric_types = (float, int, long, np.float32, np.int32)
    py_str = lambda x: x


class TVMError(Exception):
    """Error that will be throwed by all functions"""
    pass

def _load_lib():
    """Load libary by searching possible path."""
    lib_path = libinfo.find_lib_path()
    lib = ctypes.CDLL(lib_path[0], ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL)
    # DMatrix functions
    lib.TVMGetLastError.restype = ctypes.c_char_p
    return lib

# version number
__version__ = libinfo.__version__
# library instance of nnvm
_LIB = _load_lib()

#----------------------------
# helper function definition
#----------------------------
def check_call(ret):
    """Check the return value of C API call

    This function will raise exception when error occurs.
    Wrap every API call with this function

    Parameters
    ----------
    ret : int
        return value from API calls
    """
    if ret != 0:
        raise TVMError(py_str(_LIB.TVMGetLastError()))


def c_str(string):
    """Create ctypes char * from a python string
    Parameters
    ----------
    string : string type
        python string

    Returns
    -------
    str : c_char_p
        A char pointer that can be passed to C API
    """
    return ctypes.c_char_p(string.encode('utf-8'))


def c_array(ctype, values):
    """Create ctypes array from a python array

    Parameters
    ----------
    ctype : ctypes data type
        data type of the array we want to convert to

    values : tuple or list
        data content

    Returns
    -------
    out : ctypes array
        Created ctypes array
    """
    return (ctype * len(values))(*values)