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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def add_option(self, *args, **kwargs):
 """Add optparse or argparse option depending on CmdHelper initialization."""

        if self.parseTool == 'argparse':
            if args and args[0] == '':   # no short option
                args = args[1:]
            return self.parser.add_argument(*args, **kwargs)
        else:
            return self.parser.add_option(*args, **kwargs)