"""
some utilities
"""
import os
import sys
import __main__

from twisted.python.filepath import FilePath
from twisted.python.reflect import namedAny
# from twisted.python.modules import theSystemPath

def findPackagePath(modulePath):
    """
    Try to find the sys.path entry from a modulePath object, simultaneously
    computing the module name of the targetted file.
    """
    p = modulePath
    l = [p.basename().split(".")[0]]
    while p.parent() != p:
        for extension in ['py', 'pyc', 'pyo', 'pyd', 'dll']:
            sib = p.sibling("__init__."+extension)
            if sib.exists():
                p = p.parent()
                l.insert(0, p.basename())
                break
        else:
            return p.parent(), '.'.join(l)


def mainpoint(function):
    """
    Decorator which declares a function to be an object's mainpoint.
    """
    if function.__module__ == '__main__':
        # OK time to run a function
        p = FilePath(__main__.__file__)
        p, mn = findPackagePath(p)
        pname = p.path
        if pname not in map(os.path.abspath, sys.path):
            sys.path.insert(0, pname)
            # Maybe remove the module's path?
        exitcode = namedAny(mn+'.'+function.__name__)(sys.argv)
        if exitcode is None:
            exitcode = 0
        sys.exit(exitcode)
    return function