docs: def _get_args_to_parse(args, sys_argv):
      """Return the given arguments if it is not None else sys.argv if it contains
          something, an empty list otherwise.
  
      Args:
          args: argument to be parsed
          sys_argv: arguments of the command line i.e. sys.argv
      """
      arguments = args if args is not None else sys_argv[1:]
      _LOG.debug("Parsing arguments: %s", arguments)
      return arguments