shortargs.py

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# Written by David Harrison

shortforms = { "-p" : "--port",
               "-u" : "--use_factory_defaults",
               "-h" : "--help",
               "-?" : "--help",
               "--usage" : "--help"
             }

def convert_from_shortforms(argv):
    """
       Converts short-form arguments onto the corresponding long-form, e.g.,
       -p becomes --port.
    """
    assert type(argv)==list
    newargv = []
    for arg in argv:
      if arg in shortforms:
          newargv.append(shortforms[arg])
      else:
          newargv.append(arg)
    return newargv