import getopt def gnugetopt(args, options, longoptions): """Parse options mostly like getopt.gnu_getopt. This is different from getopt.gnu_getopt in that an argument of - will become an argument of - instead of vanishing completely. """ extraargs = [] if '--' in args: stopindex = args.index('--') extraargs = args[stopindex+1:] args = args[:stopindex] opts, parseargs = getopt.getopt(args, options, longoptions) args = [] while parseargs: arg = parseargs.pop(0) if arg and arg[0] == '-' and len(arg) > 1: parseargs.insert(0, arg) topts, newparseargs = getopt.getopt(parseargs, options, longoptions) opts = opts + topts parseargs = newparseargs else: args.append(arg) args.extend(extraargs) return opts, args def fancyopts(args, options, state, gnu=False): """ read args, parse options, and store options in state each option is a tuple of: short option or '' long option default value description option types include: boolean or none - option sets variable in state to true string - parameter string is stored in state list - parameter string is added to a list integer - parameter strings is stored as int function - call function with parameter non-option args are returned """ namelist = [] shortlist = '' argmap = {} defmap = {} for short, name, default, comment in options: # convert opts to getopt format oname = name name = name.replace('-', '_') argmap['-' + short] = argmap['--' + oname] = name defmap[name] = default # copy defaults to state if isinstance(default, list): state[name] = default[:] elif callable(default): state[name] = None else: state[name] = default # does it take a parameter? if not (default is None or default is True or default is False): if short: short += ':' if oname: oname += '=' if short: shortlist += short if name: namelist.append(oname) # parse arguments if gnu: parse = gnugetopt else: parse = getopt.getopt opts, args = parse(args, shortlist, namelist) # transfer result to state for opt, val in opts: name = argmap[opt] t = type(defmap[name]) if t is type(fancyopts): state[name] = defmap[name](val) elif t is type(1): state[name] = int(val) elif t is type(''): state[name] = val elif t is type([]): state[name].append(val) elif t is type(None) or t is type(False): state[name] = True # return unparsed args return args