import getopt def fancyopts(args, options, state): long = [] short = '' map = {} dt = {} for s, l, d, c in options: pl = l.replace('-', '_') map['-'+s] = map['--'+l] = pl state[pl] = d dt[pl] = type(d) if not d is None and not callable(d): if s: s += ':' if l: l += '=' if s: short = short + s if l: long.append(l) opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, short, long) for opt, arg in opts: if dt[map[opt]] is type(fancyopts): state[map[opt]](state,map[opt],arg) elif dt[map[opt]] is type(1): state[map[opt]] = int(arg) elif dt[map[opt]] is type(''): state[map[opt]] = arg elif dt[map[opt]] is type([]): state[map[opt]].append(arg) elif dt[map[opt]] is type(None): state[map[opt]] = 1 return args