matlab2python.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import argparse
import matlabparser as mpars

def main(argv):

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,description='matlab2python')
    parser.add_argument("--smop", action="store_true", help=""" use smop backend """)
    #parser.add_argument("-A","--no-analysis", action="store_true", help=""" skip analysis """)
    #parser.add_argument("-B","--no-backend", action="store_true", help=""" omit code generation """)
    parser.add_argument("-C","--no-comments", action="store_true", help=""" discard multiline comments""") 
    #parser.add_argument("-D", "--debug", help=""" Colon-separated codes.  M Main L Lex P Parse """)
    #parser.add_argument("-E","--delete-on-error", action="store_false", help=""" By default, broken ".py" files are kept alive to allow their examination and debugging. Sometimes we want the opposite behavior""")
    #parser.add_argument("-g", "--glob-pattern", metavar="PATTERN", type=str, help=""" Apply unix glob pattern to the input file list or to files. For example -g 'octave-4.0.2/*.m""")
    #parser.add_argument("-H","--no-header", action="store_true", help=""" use it if you plan to concatenate the generated files """)
    #parser.add_argument("-L", "--debug-lexer", action="store_true", help=""" enable built-in debugging tools """)
    parser.add_argument("-N", "--numbers", action="store_true", help=""" show line-numbering information """)
    parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", metavar="FILE.py", type=str, help=""" Write the results to FILE.py.  Use -o- to send the results to the standard output.  If not specified explicitly, output file names are derived from input file names by replacing ".m" with ".py".  For example, $ smop FILE1.m FILE2.m FILE3.m generates files FILE1.py FILE2.py and FILE3.py """) 
    #parser.add_argument("-P", "--debug-parser", action="store_true", help=""" enable built-in debugging tools """)
    parser.add_argument("-R","--no-resolve", action="store_true", help=""" omit name resolution """)
    #parser.add_argument("-S", "--strict", action="store_true", help=""" stop after first syntax error (by default compiles other .m files) """)
    #parser.add_argument("-T","--testing-mode", action="store_true", help= """ support special "testing" percent-bang comments used to write Octave test suite.  When disabled, behaves like regular comments """)
    #parser.add_argument("-x", "--exclude", metavar="FILE1.m,FILE2.m,FILE3.m", type=str, help=""" comma-separated list of files to ignore """)
    #parser.add_argument("-V", '--version', action='version', version=__version__) 
    #parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true")
    #parser.add_argument("-Z", "--archive", metavar="ARCHIVE.tar", help=""" Read ".m" files from the archive; ignore other files.  Accepted format: "tar".  Accepted compression: "gzip", "bz2".  """)

    parser.add_argument("filelist", nargs="+", metavar="FILE.m", type=str)

    opts = parser.parse_args(argv)
    # Usign a dictionray instead of a class for options
    opts_dict = opts.__dict__
    if opts.smop:
        opts_dict['backend'] = 'smop'
    else:
        opts_dict['backend'] = 'm2py'
    if opts.output is None:
        opts_dict['output'] = 'stdout'

    # Perform conversion
    mpars.matlab2python(opts.filelist, **opts_dict)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main(sys.argv[1:])

    #from smop.main import parse_matlab_lines
    #Lines="""
    #function [j] = f(x)
    #x=3 % hello
    #% continuing
    #y.misc=2
    #j=4
    #"""
    #print(parse_matlab_lines(Lines))
    #print(mpars.matlablines2python(Lines))