argumentparser.py

import argparse
import sys


def str2bool(v):
    if isinstance(v, bool):
        return v
    if v.lower() in ('yes', 'true', 't', 'y', '1'):
        return True
    elif v.lower() in ('no', 'false', 'f', 'n', '0'):
        return False
    else:
        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError('Boolean value expected')


# see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5943249/python-argparse-and-controlling-overriding-the-exit-status-code
# exit_on_error=False added in 3.9 so this may become unnecessary

class ArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
    def _get_action_from_name(self, name):
        """Given a name, get the Action instance registered with this parser.
        If only it were made available in the ArgumentError object. It is
        passed as it's first arg...
        """
        container = self._actions
        if name is None:
            return None
        for action in container:
            if '/'.join(action.option_strings) == name:
                return action
            elif action.metavar == name:
                return action
            elif action.dest == name:
                return action

    def error(self, message):
        exc = sys.exc_info()[1]
        if exc:
            exc.argument = self._get_action_from_name(exc.argument_name)
            raise exc
        raise ValueError(message)