Parse_keywords_decorator (py2)

parse_keywords_dec.py

from functools import wraps
def parse_keywords(func):
    """
    decorates a python 2 function with the ability to parse list of key=value pair strings into a dict.
    Dict is accessible through wrapper.arg_d attribute.
    """
    @wraps(func)
    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
        wrapper.arg_d.update(dict([arg.split('=') for arg in args[0] if '=' in arg]))
        result = func(*args, **kwargs)
        return result
    wrapper.arg_d = {}
    return wrapper

@parse_keywords
def print_arg_d(args):
    print(print_arg_d.arg_d)