optionparser¶

An extension of optparse.OptionParser that has custom error and exit handling

Classes:

OptionParser

the extension class of optparse.OptionParser

class simulations.utils.optionparser.OptionParser(*args, **kwdargs)[source]¶

Bases: optparse.OptionParser

Overrides the error() and exit() methods to allow prevention of

auto-exit

New Methods:

set_error_handler()

sets an error handler instead of the default

set_exit_handler()

sets an exit handler instead of the default

error(msg)[source]¶

Declares a user-defined error has occurred.

Parameters:

msg

The error message string

exit(code=0, msg=None)[source]¶

Exits the parser/program (the default calls sys.exit). Often called

by OptionParser.error().

Parameters:

code

The exit code

msg

The error message

set_error_handler(handler)[source]¶

Sets an error handling function

Parameters:

handler

A function that takes an error message and does something with it.

set_exit_handler(handler)[source]¶

Sets an exit handling function

Parameters:

handler

A function that takes an exit code and error message and does something with it.