parameters: (cmdline)
return_statement: return args_list
docstring: splits a string into a list using Windows command line syntax.
docstring_summary: splits a string into a list using Windows command line syntax.
docstring_tokens: splits a string into a list using Windows command line syntax .
function: def _command_line_to_args_list(cmdline):
      """splits a string into a list using Windows command line syntax."""
      args_list = []
  
      if cmdline and cmdline.strip():
          from ctypes import c_int, c_voidp, c_wchar_p
          from ctypes import byref, POINTER, WinDLL
  
          clta = WinDLL('shell32').CommandLineToArgvW
          clta.argtypes = [c_wchar_p, POINTER(c_int)]
          clta.restype = POINTER(c_wchar_p)
  
          lf = WinDLL('kernel32').LocalFree
          lf.argtypes = [c_voidp]
  
          pNumArgs = c_int()
          r = clta(cmdline, byref(pNumArgs))
          if r:
              for index in range(0, pNumArgs.value):
                  if sys.hexversion >= 0x030000F0:
                      argval = r[index]
                  else:
                      argval = r[index].encode('ascii', 'replace')
                  args_list.append(argval)
              lf(r)
          else:
              sys.stderr.write('Error parsing script arguments:\n')
              sys.stderr.write(cmdline + '\n')
  
      return args_list
function_tokens: def _command_line_to_args_list ( cmdline ) : args_list = [ ] if cmdline and cmdline . strip ( ) : from ctypes import c_int , c_voidp , c_wchar_p from ctypes import byref , POINTER , WinDLL clta = WinDLL ( 'shell32' ) . CommandLineToArgvW clta . argtypes = [ c_wchar_p , POINTER ( c_int ) ] clta . restype = POINTER ( c_wchar_p ) lf = WinDLL ( 'kernel32' ) . LocalFree lf . argtypes = [ c_voidp ] pNumArgs = c_int ( ) r = clta ( cmdline , byref ( pNumArgs ) ) if r : for index in range ( 0 , pNumArgs . value ) : if sys . hexversion >= 0x030000F0 : argval = r [ index ] else : argval = r [ index ] . encode ( 'ascii' , 'replace' ) args_list . append ( argval ) lf ( r ) else : sys . stderr . write ( 'Error parsing script arguments:\n' ) sys . stderr . write ( cmdline + '\n' ) return args_list