How about exploiting the python parser ?

> >> args="arg1, arg2, arg3='world'"
> >> s='def f(%s): pass' % args
> >> exec(s)
> >> dir(f.func_code)
['co_argcount', 'co_code', 'co_consts', 'co_filename', 'co_firstlineno',
'co_fla
gs', 'co_lnotab', 'co_name', 'co_names', 'co_nlocals', 'co_stacksize',
'co_varna
mes']
> >> print f.func_code.co_argcount
3
> >> print f.func_code.co_varnames
('arg1', 'arg2', 'arg3')
> >> print f.func_defaults
('world',)

Chui

Dale Strickland-Clark <dale@[...].uk>  wrote in message
news:ljidmtouqj6som2t9ecagbkj95c53kjaeh@[...]..
>  Is there a class that simplifies high-level argument decoding under the
control of a template?
> 
>  Such a class would take a string as a template and the arg list and return
another list populated
>  with keys, values and switches taken from the args.
> 
>  I've spent the last hour going through the global module list. If it's
there, its got a daft name!
>  --
>  Dale Strickland-Clark
>  Riverhall Systems Ltd


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