function Test-TerminalSupportsANSIEscapes {
<#
.SYNOPSIS
    Test if the terminal being used supports ANSI escape sequences
    This matters if we want to avoid spamming characters at the console when they don't benefit us.
#>
    [CmdletBinding()]
    [OutputType([bool])]
    param (
    )

    # Implement a runtime caching strategy so we don't keep asking the OS
    if ($script:Test_TerminalSupportsANSIEscapes_set -eq $true) {
        return $script:Test_TerminalSupportsANSIEscapes
    }

    # Support and honor the request for no-color on output
    # https://no-color.org/
    if ($null -ne (Get-EnvironmentVariable 'NO_COLOR' 6>$null 5>$null 4>$null 3>$null)) {
        $script:Test_TerminalSupportsANSIEscapes_set = $true
        $script:Test_TerminalSupportsANSIEscapes = $false
        return $false
    }

    # Start with a testable variable, default to int32->0
    $mode = 0
    # Import some headers so we can call the DLLs directly
    $MethodDefinitions = @'
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern IntPtr GetStdHandle(int nStdHandle);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern bool GetConsoleMode(IntPtr hConsoleHandle, out uint lpMode);
'@
    # Get a type library we can play with
    $Kernel32 = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $MethodDefinitions -Name 'Kernel32' -Namespace 'Win32' -PassThru
    # Ask the std_output handle if it knows what mode we are
    $hConsoleHandle = $Kernel32::GetStdHandle(-11) # STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE

    if ($Kernel32::GetConsoleMode($hConsoleHandle, [ref]$mode)) {
        # We were able to read the value from the std_output handle
        $script:Test_TerminalSupportsANSIEscapes_set = $true
        $script:Test_TerminalSupportsANSIEscapes = ($mode -ne 0)
        return $script:Test_TerminalSupportsANSIEscapes
    } else {
        # We could not read the value, so assume false
        $script:Test_TerminalSupportsANSIEscapes_set = $true
        $script:Test_TerminalSupportsANSIEscapes = $false
        return $false
    }
}