added some code to play with grid class object and the argument parsing

snippets/arg_test.py

+import argparse
+
+
+class grid(object):
+	def __init__(self, name):
+		self.name = name
+		self.grid_options = {}
+
+	def load_grid_options(self):
+		self.grid_options = {
+			'test1': 0,
+			'test2': 1,
+		}
+
+	def argparse(self):
+		"""
+		This function handles the arg parsing of the grid.
+		Make sure that every grid_option key/value is included in this, 
+		preferably with an explanation on what that parameter will do
+		"""
+
+
+		parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Arguments for the binary_c python wrapper grid')
+
+		# add arguments here
+		parser.add_argument('--test1', type=int, help='input for test1')
+		parser.add_argument('--test2', type=int, help='input for test2')
+
+		# Load the args from the cmdline
+		args = parser.parse_args()
+
+		# Copy current grid_option set
+		new_grid_options = self.grid_options.copy()
+
+		# loop over grid_options
+		for arg in vars(args):
+			# print ("arg: {arg} value: {value}".format(arg=arg, value=getattr(args, arg)))
+
+			# If an input has been given in the cmdline: override the previous value of grid_options
+			if getattr(args, arg):
+				new_grid_options[arg] = getattr(args, arg)
+
+		# Put the new grid options back 
+		self.grid_options = new_grid_options.copy()
+
+newgrid = grid('test')
+newgrid.load_grid_options()
+print(newgrid.grid_options)
+
+newgrid.argparse()
+print(newgrid.grid_options)
+
+# Custom set a single value:
+newgrid.grid_options['test2'] = 2
+print(newgrid.grid_options)
+
+# Custom set multiple values:
+newgrid.grid_options.update({
+		'test1':4,
+		'test2':-2,
+	})
+print(newgrid.grid_options)
+