from itertools import repeat


def maybe_dim_size(index, dim_size=None):
    if dim_size is not None:
        return dim_size
    return index.max().item() + 1 if index.numel() > 0 else 0


def gen(src, index, dim=-1, out=None, dim_size=None, fill_value=0):
    dim = range(src.dim())[dim]  # Get real dim value.

    # Automatically expand index tensor to the right dimensions.
    if index.dim() == 1:
        index_size = list(repeat(1, src.dim()))
        index_size[dim] = src.size(dim)
        index = index.view(index_size).expand_as(src)

    # Generate output tensor if not given.
    if out is None:
        out_size = list(src.size())
        dim_size = maybe_dim_size(index, dim_size)
        out_size[dim] = dim_size
        out = src.new_full(out_size, fill_value)

    return src, out, index, dim