text: # Make coding more python3-ish
  from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
  __metaclass__ = type
  
  from ansible import __version__
  from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
  from distutils.version import LooseVersion
  from operator import eq, ge, gt
  from sys import version_info
  
  try:
      from __main__ import display
  except ImportError:
      from ansible.utils.display import Display
      display = Display()
  
  version_requirement = '2.7.12'
  version_tested_max = '2.7.13'
  python3_required_version = '2.5.3'
  
  if version_info[0] == 3 and not ge(LooseVersion(__version__), LooseVersion(python3_required_version)):
      raise AnsibleError(('Ansible >= {} is required when using Python 3.\n'
          'Either downgrade to Python 2 or update your Ansible version to {}.').format(python3_required_version, python3_required_version))
  
  if not ge(LooseVersion(__version__), LooseVersion(version_requirement)):
      raise AnsibleError(('Trellis no longer supports Ansible {}.\n'
          'Please upgrade to Ansible {} or higher.').format(__version__, version_requirement))
  elif gt(LooseVersion(__version__), LooseVersion(version_tested_max)):
      display.warning(u'You Ansible version is {} but this version of Trellis has only been tested for '
              u'compatability with Ansible {} -> {}. It is advisable to check for Trellis updates or '
              u'downgrade your Ansible version.'.format(__version__, version_requirement, version_tested_max))
  
  if eq(LooseVersion(__version__), LooseVersion('2.5.0')):
      display.warning(u'You Ansible version is {}. Consider upgrading your Ansible version to avoid '
              u'erroneous warnings such as `Removed restricted key from module data...`'.format(__version__))
  
  # Import BaseVarsPlugin after Ansible version check.
  # Otherwise import error for Ansible versions older than 2.4 would prevent display of version check message.
  from ansible.plugins.vars import BaseVarsPlugin
  
  
  class VarsModule(BaseVarsPlugin):
  
      def get_vars(self, loader, path, entities, cache=True):
          return {}
  