Added a stripws parameter to the parse_args function.

Author: rjollos

trac/wiki/api.py

@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def format(formatter, ns, target, label, fullmatch=None):
         """
 
 
-def parse_args(args, strict=True):
+def parse_args(args, strict=True, stripws=False):
     """Utility for parsing macro "content" and splitting them into arguments.
 
     The content is split along commas, unless they are escaped with a
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ def parse_args(args, strict=True):
     :param args: a string containing macros arguments
     :param strict: if `True`, only Python-like identifiers will be
                    recognized as keyword arguments
+    :param stripws: if `True`, leading and trailing whitespace is stripped from
+                    the arguments. However, regardless of this parameter,
+                    :param: strict always governs whether whitespace is allowed
+                    between the kw and the `=` character.
 
     Example usage::
 
@@ -222,6 +226,9 @@ def parse_args(args, strict=True):
       (['Some text', ' some other arg, with a comma.'], {'mode': ' 3'})
       >>> parse_args('milestone=milestone1,status!=closed', strict=False)
       ([], {'status!': 'closed', 'milestone': 'milestone1'})
+      >>> parse_args(' Some text, mode= 3, arg  , othermode= on  ', \
+                     stripws=True)
+      (['Some text', 'arg'], {'othermode': 'on', 'mode': '3'})
 
     """
     largs, kwargs = [], {}
@@ -236,8 +243,13 @@ def parse_args(args, strict=True):
                 kw = arg[:m.end()-1].strip()
                 if strict:
                     kw = unicode(kw).encode('utf-8')
-                kwargs[kw] = arg[m.end():]
+                if stripws:
+                    kwargs[kw] = arg[m.end():].strip()
+                else:
+                    kwargs[kw] = arg[m.end():]
             else:
+                if stripws:
+                    arg = arg.strip()
                 largs.append(arg)
     return largs, kwargs