def parse_args(text): #print "parsing: [%s]" %text escape = False string = False result = [] token = str() value = 0; for c in text: #print "[%s]%s: %s: %s" %(token, c, escape, string) if c == '\\': escape = True continue if escape: if not string: raise SyntaxError("escape found in no string: %s" %text); #print "escaping[%s]" %c escape = False token += c continue if string: if c == '\'' or c == '"': string = False token += c continue if c == '\'' or c == '"': string = True token += c continue if c == ',': result.append(token.strip()) token = str() continue if c == ';': #comment, bailing out break token += c #token = token.strip() if len(token): result.append(token) #print result return result def compile(width, data): print data return data