tools/setup_helpers/__init__.py

import os
import sys
from typing import Optional


def which(thefile: str) -> Optional[str]:
    path = os.environ.get("PATH", os.defpath).split(os.pathsep)
    for d in path:
        fname = os.path.join(d, thefile)
        fnames = [fname]
        if sys.platform == "win32":
            exts = os.environ.get("PATHEXT", "").split(os.pathsep)
            fnames += [fname + ext for ext in exts]
        for name in fnames:
            if os.access(name, os.F_OK | os.X_OK) and not os.path.isdir(name):
                return name
    return None