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# this module should be kept Python 2.3 compatible
import re, sys, inspect, argparse

if sys.version >= '3':
    from inspect import getfullargspec
else:
    class getfullargspec(object):
        "A quick and dirty replacement for getfullargspec for Python 2.X"
        def __init__(self, f):
            self.args, self.varargs, self.varkw, self.defaults = \
                inspect.getargspec(f)
            self.annotations = getattr(f, '__annotations__', {})
try:
    set
except NameError: # Python 2.3
    from sets import Set as set

def annotations(**ann):
    """
    Returns a decorator annotating a function with the given annotations.
    This is a trick to support function annotations in Python 2.X.
    """
    def annotate(f):
        fas = getfullargspec(f)
        args = fas.args
        if fas.varargs:
            args.append(fas.varargs)
        if fas.varkw:
            args.append(fas.varkw)
        for argname in ann:
            if argname not in args:
                raise NameError(
                    'Annotating non-existing argument: %s' % argname)
        f.__annotations__ = ann
        return f
    return annotate

def is_annotation(obj):
    """
    An object is an annotation object if it has the attributes
    help, kind, abbrev, type, choices, metavar.
    """
    return (hasattr(obj, 'help') and hasattr(obj, 'kind') and 
            hasattr(obj, 'abbrev') and hasattr(obj, 'type')
            and hasattr(obj, 'choices') and hasattr(obj, 'metavar'))

class Annotation(object):
    def __init__(self, help="", kind="positional", abbrev=None, type=None,
                 choices=None, metavar=None):
        assert kind in ('positional', 'option', 'flag'), kind
        if kind == "positional":
            assert abbrev is None, abbrev
        self.help = help
        self.kind = kind
        self.abbrev = abbrev
        self.type = type
        self.choices = choices
        self.metavar = metavar

    def from_(cls, obj):
        "Helper to convert an object into an annotation, if needed"
        if is_annotation(obj):
            return obj # do nothing
        elif hasattr(obj, '__iter__') and not isinstance(obj, str):
            return cls(*obj)
        return cls(obj)
    from_ = classmethod(from_)
 
NONE = object() # sentinel use to signal the absence of a default

PARSER_CFG = getfullargspec(argparse.ArgumentParser.__init__).args[1:]
# the default arguments accepted by an ArgumentParser object

def pconf(obj):
    "Extracts the configuration of the underlying ArgumentParser from obj"
    cfg = dict(description=obj.__doc__)
    for name in dir(obj):
        if name in PARSER_CFG: # argument of ArgumentParser
            cfg[name] = getattr(obj, name)
    return cfg

def _parser_from(func, baseparser=None):
    """
    Extract the arguments from the attributes of the passed function
    (or bound method) and return an ArgumentParser instance. As a side
    effect, adds a .p attribute to func.
    """
    p = baseparser or argparse.ArgumentParser(**pconf(func))
    p.func = func
    p.argspec = f = getfullargspec(func)
    p.parselist = _parser_call.__get__(p)
    if inspect.ismethod(func):
        del f.args[0] # remove self
        try:
            func.im_func.p = p # Python 2.X
        except AttributeError:
            func.__func__.p = p # Python 2.3
    else:
        func.p = p
    defaults = f.defaults or ()
    n_args = len(f.args)
    n_defaults = len(defaults)
    alldefaults = (NONE,) * (n_args - n_defaults) + defaults
    prefix = p.prefix = getattr(func, 'prefix_chars', '-')[0]
    for name, default in zip(f.args, alldefaults):
        ann = f.annotations.get(name, ())
        a = Annotation.from_(ann)
        metavar = a.metavar
        if default is NONE:
            dflt = None
        else:
            dflt = default
        if a.kind in ('option', 'flag'):
            if a.abbrev:
                shortlong = (prefix + a.abbrev, prefix*2 + name)
            else:
                shortlong = (prefix + name,)
        elif default is NONE: # required argument
            p.add_argument(name, help=a.help, type=a.type, choices=a.choices,
                           metavar=metavar)
        else: # default argument
            p.add_argument(name, nargs='?', help=a.help, default=dflt, 
                           type=a.type, choices=a.choices, metavar=metavar)
        if a.kind == 'option':
            if default is not NONE:
                metavar = metavar or str(default)
            p.add_argument(help=a.help, default=dflt, type=a.type,
                           choices=a.choices, metavar=metavar, *shortlong)
        elif a.kind == 'flag':
            if default is not NONE and default is not False:
                raise TypeError('Flag %r wants default False, got %r' %
                                (name, default))
            p.add_argument(action='store_true', help=a.help, *shortlong)
    if f.varargs:
        a = Annotation.from_(f.annotations.get(f.varargs, ()))
        p.add_argument(f.varargs, nargs='*', help=a.help, default=[],
                       type=a.type, metavar=a.metavar)
    if f.varkw:
        a = Annotation.from_(f.annotations.get(f.varkw, ()))
        p.add_argument(f.varkw, nargs='*', help=a.help, default={},
                       type=a.type, metavar=a.metavar)
    return p

def parser_from(obj, baseparser=None):
    """
    obj can be a function, a bound method, or a generic object with a 
    .commands attribute. Returns an ArgumentParser with attributes
    .func and .argspec, or a multi-parser with attribute .sub.
    """
    if hasattr(obj, 'p'): # the underlying parser has been generated already
        return obj.p
    elif hasattr(obj, 'commands'): # a command container
        p = obj.p = baseparser or argparse.ArgumentParser(**pconf(obj))
        subparsers = p.add_subparsers(
            title='subcommands', help='-h to get additional help')
        p.subp = {}
        for cmd in obj.commands:
            method = getattr(obj, cmd)
            baseparser = subparsers.add_parser(cmd, **pconf(method))
            p.subp[cmd] = _parser_from(method, baseparser)
        p.parselist = _parser_call.__get__(p)
        return p
    elif inspect.isfunction(obj) or inspect.ismethod(obj): # error if not func
        return _parser_from(obj, baseparser)
    else:
        raise TypeError('%r could not be converted into a parser' % obj)

def _extract_kwargs(args):
    "Returns two lists: regular args and name=value args"
    arglist = []
    kwargs = {}
    for arg in args:
        match = re.match(r'([a-zA-Z_]\w*)=', arg)
        if match:
            name = match.group(1)
            kwargs[name] = arg[len(name)+1:]
        else:
            arglist.append(arg)
    return arglist, kwargs

def _parser_call(p, arglist):
    """
    Given a parser, calls its underlying callable with the arglist.
    Works also for multiparsers by dispatching to the underlying parser.
    """
    subp = getattr(p, 'subp', None)
    if subp: # subparsers
        p.parse_args(arglist) # argument checking
        return _parser_call(subp[arglist[0]], arglist[1:])
    # regular parser
    if p.argspec.varkw:
        arglist, kwargs = _extract_kwargs(arglist)
    else:
        kwargs = {}
    argdict = vars(p.parse_args(arglist))
    args = [argdict[a] for a in p.argspec.args]
    varargs = argdict.get(p.argspec.varargs, [])
    collision = set(p.argspec.args) & set(kwargs)
    if collision:
        p.error('colliding keyword arguments: %s' % ' '.join(collision))
    result = p.func(*(args + varargs), **kwargs)
    if result is None:
        return []
    elif hasattr(result, '__iter__') and not isinstance(result, str):
        return [str(x) for x in result]
    else:
        return [str(result)]

def call(obj, arglist=sys.argv[1:]):
    """
    If obj is a function or a bound method, parses the given arglist 
    by using an argument parser inferred from the annotations of obj
    and then calls obj with the parsed arguments. 
    If obj is an object with attribute .commands, builds a multiparser
    and dispatches to the associated subparsers.
    Return a list of strings.
    """
    return parser_from(obj).parselist(arglist)