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# Copyright (c) 2016 Alexander Todorov <atodorov@otb.bg>
# Copyright (c) 2017-2018, 2020 Claudiu Popa <pcmanticore@gmail.com>
# Copyright (c) 2019 Pierre Sassoulas <pierre.sassoulas@gmail.com>
# Copyright (c) 2020 hippo91 <guillaume.peillex@gmail.com>
# Copyright (c) 2020 Anthony Sottile <asottile@umich.edu>

# Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING

"""Looks for  comparisons to empty string."""

import itertools

import astroid

from pylint import checkers, interfaces
from pylint.checkers import utils


def _is_constant_zero(node):
    return isinstance(node, astroid.Const) and node.value == 0


class CompareToZeroChecker(checkers.BaseChecker):
    """Checks for comparisons to zero.
    Most of the times you should use the fact that integers with a value of 0 are false.
    An exception to this rule is when 0 is allowed in the program and has a
    different meaning than None!
    """

    __implements__ = (interfaces.IAstroidChecker,)

    # configuration section name
    name = "compare-to-zero"
    msgs = {
        "C2001": (
            "Avoid comparisons to zero",
            "compare-to-zero",
            "Used when Pylint detects comparison to a 0 constant.",
        )
    }

    priority = -2
    options = ()

    @utils.check_messages("compare-to-zero")
    def visit_compare(self, node):
        _operators = ["!=", "==", "is not", "is"]
        # note: astroid.Compare has the left most operand in node.left
        # while the rest are a list of tuples in node.ops
        # the format of the tuple is ('compare operator sign', node)
        # here we squash everything into `ops` to make it easier for processing later
        ops = [("", node.left)]
        ops.extend(node.ops)
        ops = list(itertools.chain(*ops))

        for ops_idx in range(len(ops) - 2):
            op_1 = ops[ops_idx]
            op_2 = ops[ops_idx + 1]
            op_3 = ops[ops_idx + 2]
            error_detected = False

            # 0 ?? X
            if _is_constant_zero(op_1) and op_2 in _operators:
                error_detected = True
            # X ?? 0
            elif op_2 in _operators and _is_constant_zero(op_3):
                error_detected = True

            if error_detected:
                self.add_message("compare-to-zero", node=node)


def register(linter):
    """Required method to auto register this checker."""
    linter.register_checker(CompareToZeroChecker(linter))