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Diffstat (limited to 'ipalib/public.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | ipalib/public.py | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ipalib/public.py b/ipalib/public.py index e70103ea..97843ef3 100644 --- a/ipalib/public.py +++ b/ipalib/public.py @@ -198,9 +198,14 @@ class Param(plugable.ReadOnly): ) -def generate_option(name): +def create_param(name): """ - Returns an `Param` instance by parsing ``name``. + Create a `Param` instance from a param name. + + If ``name`` is a `Param` instance, it is returned unchanged. + + If ``name`` is a <type str>, then ``name`` is parsed and a correpsonding + `Param` instance is created and returned. """ if type(name) is Param: return name @@ -262,7 +267,7 @@ class Command(plugable.Plugin): multivalue = False for arg in self.get_args(): if type(arg) is str: - arg = generate_option(arg) + arg = create_param(arg) elif not isinstance(arg, Param): raise TypeError( 'arg: need %r or %r; got %r' % (str, Param, arg) @@ -284,7 +289,7 @@ class Command(plugable.Plugin): def __check_options(self): for option in self.get_options(): if type(option) is str: - option = generate_option(option) + option = create_param(option) elif not isinstance(option, Param): raise TypeError( 'option: need %r or %r; got %r' % (str, Param, option) |