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authorFlorian Bruhin <me@the-compiler.org>2020-04-21 09:56:34 +0200
committerFlorian Bruhin <me@the-compiler.org>2020-04-21 09:56:34 +0200
commitc799b7ddf62f476844f9bf5b3538db17fd976f87 (patch)
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parentd07773784006337388ad6ab9bf45ac743b95d9ec (diff)
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scripts: Print errors to stderr instead of stdout
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-rw-r--r--scripts/utils.py11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/utils.py b/scripts/utils.py
index 0d405c8a6..bdf3f96fc 100644
--- a/scripts/utils.py
+++ b/scripts/utils.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
import os
import os.path
+import sys
# Import side-effects are an evil thing, but here it's okay so scripts using
@@ -58,14 +59,18 @@ def _esc(code):
return '\033[{}m'.format(code)
-def print_col(text, color):
+def print_col(text, color, file=sys.stdout):
"""Print a colorized text."""
if use_color:
fg = _esc(fg_colors[color.lower()])
reset = _esc(fg_colors['reset'])
- print(''.join([fg, text, reset]))
+ print(''.join([fg, text, reset]), file=file)
else:
- print(text)
+ print(text, file=file)
+
+
+def print_error(text):
+ print_col(text, 'red', file=sys.stderr)
def print_title(text):