Method parse_args

Lib/optparse.py:1345–1382

parse_args(args : [string] = sys.argv[1:], values : Values = None) -> (values : Values, args : [string]) Parse the command-line options found in 'args' (default: sys.argv[1:]). Any errors result in a call to 'error()', which by default pr

(self, args=None, values=None)

            return args[:]              # don't modify caller's list

    def parse_args(self, args=None, values=None):
        """
        parse_args(args : [string] = sys.argv[1:],
                   values : Values = None)
        -> (values : Values, args : [string])

        Parse the command-line options found in 'args' (default:
        sys.argv[1:]).  Any errors result in a call to 'error()', which
        by default prints the usage message to stderr and calls
        sys.exit() with an error message.  On success returns a pair
        (values, args) where 'values' is a Values instance (with all
        your option values) and 'args' is the list of arguments left
        over after parsing options.
        """
        rargs = self._get_args(args)
        if values is None:
            values = self.get_default_values()

        # Store the halves of the argument list as attributes for the
        # convenience of callbacks:
        #   rargs
        #     the rest of the command-line (the "r" stands for
        #     "remaining" or "right-hand")
        #   largs
        #     the leftover arguments -- ie. what's left after removing
        #     options and their arguments (the "l" stands for "leftover"
        #     or "left-hand")
        self.rargs = rargs
        self.largs = largs = []
        self.values = values

        try:
            self._process_args(largs, rargs, values)
        except (BadOptionError, OptionValueError) as err:
            self.error(str(err))

        args = largs + rargs
        return self.check_values(values, args)

    def check_values(self, values, args):
        """