"""Module with utilities related to async operations"""

import sys
import os

def cpu_count():
	""":return:number of CPUs in the system
	:note: inspired by multiprocessing"""
	num = 0
	try:
		if sys.platform == 'win32':
			num = int(os.environ['NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS'])
		elif 'bsd' in sys.platform or sys.platform == 'darwin':
			num = int(os.popen('sysctl -n hw.ncpu').read())
		else:
			num = os.sysconf('SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN')
	except (ValueError, KeyError, OSError, AttributeError):
		pass
	# END exception handling
	
	if num == 0:
		raise NotImplementedError('cannot determine number of cpus')
	
	return num