def _parse_args(func, args, usage=None):
    if isinstance(args, list):
        args = ' '.join(args)

    args = _split_args(args)

    kwargs = dict()
    if getattr(func, 'has_options', False):
        parser = MagicOptionParser(usage=usage)
        parser.add_options(func.options)

        left = []
        value = None
        if '--' in args:
            left = args[:args.index('--')]
            value, args = parser.parse_args(args[args.index('--') + 1:])
        else:
            while args:
                try:
                    value, args = parser.parse_args(args)
                except Exception:
                    left.append(args.pop(0))
                else:
                    break
        args = left + args
        if value:
            kwargs = value.__dict__

    new_args = []
    for arg in args:
        try:
            new_args.append(eval(arg))
        except:
            new_args.append(arg)

    for (key, value) in kwargs.items():
        try:
            kwargs[key] = eval(value)
        except:
            pass

    return new_args, kwargs
Parse the arguments given to a magic function
dataset/ETHPy150Open Calysto/metakernel/metakernel/magic.py/_parse_args