Add a fallback to optparse if argparse is not found

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/args.py b/src/args.py
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+"""
+Module related to the argument parsing
+
+There is a fallback to the deprecated optparse if argparse is not found
+"""
+from os import path
+
+def parse_args(CONFIG_PATH=''):
+    """
+    Parse the arguments from the command line
+    """
+    try:
+        from argparse import ArgumentParser, SUPPRESS
+    except ImportError:
+        from optparse import OptionParser
+        from optparse import SUPPRESS_USAGE as SUPPRESS
+        parser = OptionParser()
+        parser.add_option("-f", "--file", dest="filename", default=path.join(CONFIG_PATH, 'poezio.cfg'),
+                            usage="The config file you want to use", metavar="CONFIG_FILE")
+        parser.add_option("-d", "--debug", dest="debug",
+                            usage="The file where debug will be written", metavar="DEBUG_FILE")
+        parser.add_option("-v", "--version", dest="version",
+                            usage=SUPPRESS, metavar="VERSION", default="0.8-dev")
+        (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+    else:
+        parser = ArgumentParser()
+        parser.add_argument("-f", "--file", dest="filename", default=path.join(CONFIG_PATH, 'poezio.cfg'),
+                            help="The config file you want to use", metavar="CONFIG_FILE")
+        parser.add_argument("-d", "--debug", dest="debug",
+                            help="The file where debug will be written", metavar="DEBUG_FILE")
+        parser.add_argument("-v", "--version", dest="version",
+                            help=SUPPRESS, metavar="VERSION", default="0.8-dev")
+        options = parser.parse_args()
+    return options