Reduce string duplication in compression code
This cuts down on string copies and allows buffers (instead of strings)
to be passed into the compression code
import getopt
def fancyopts(args, options, state):
long=[]
short=''
map={}
dt={}
for s, l, d, c in options:
pl = l.replace('-', '_')
map['-'+s] = map['--'+l] = pl
state[pl] = d
dt[pl] = type(d)
if not d is None and not callable(d):
if s: s += ':'
if l: l += '='
if s: short = short + s
if l: long.append(l)
opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, short, long)
for opt, arg in opts:
if dt[map[opt]] is type(fancyopts): state[map[opt]](state,map[opt],arg)
elif dt[map[opt]] is type(1): state[map[opt]] = int(arg)
elif dt[map[opt]] is type(''): state[map[opt]] = arg
elif dt[map[opt]] is type([]): state[map[opt]].append(arg)
elif dt[map[opt]] is type(None): state[map[opt]] = 1
return args