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 if isinstance(d, list): state[pl] = d[:] else: state[pl] = d dt[pl] = type(d) if (d is not None and d is not True and d is not False 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]] = True elif dt[map[opt]] is type(False): state[map[opt]] = True return args