From fae5e493ec8d323c5fc9256497d5ce35efbb44ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Indrajit Raychaudhuri <irc@indrajit.com>
Date: Sat, 8 May 2021 21:39:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] utility: Check best-fit Python version for 'http-serve'

When creating `http-serve` alias, first check if Python is actually
available. And, if available, apply the most specific version.
---
 modules/utility/init.zsh | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/utility/init.zsh b/modules/utility/init.zsh
index a06eff8..3757e40 100644
--- a/modules/utility/init.zsh
+++ b/modules/utility/init.zsh
@@ -184,10 +184,15 @@ fi
 # Miscellaneous
 
 # Serves a directory via HTTP.
-if (( $+commands[python3] )); then
-  alias http-serve='python3 -m http.server'
-else
-  alias http-serve='python -m SimpleHTTPServer'
+if (( $#commands[(i)python(|[23])] )); then
+  autoload -Uz is-at-least
+  if is-at-least 3 ${"$(python --version 2>&1)"[(w)2]}; then
+    alias http-serve='python -m http.server'
+  elif (( $+commands[python3] )); then
+    alias http-serve='python3 -m http.server'
+  else
+    alias http-serve='$commands[(i)python(|2)] -m SimpleHTTPServer'
+  fi
 fi
 
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