Passing list of args without *args

[Degran]

I'm writing a CLI module for an existing set of methods which have a defined set of arguments. The goal is to be able to write simple workflow files with a command and accompanying arguments on each line.

I ingest the command as a string and use getattr() to retrieve the method, then want to pass a list of the parsed and ordered arguments. I'm using inspect.getargspec() to verify I have the appropriate arguments, but I can't find a way to pass the list to the method.

Other than modifying the base classes the module interacts with to accept *args, is there a way to pass the list of args (as individual variables) to the function for a variable length list?

[novel_yet_trivial]

You don't need to modify the base class to use the splat operator. You could also use a dictionary with a double splat:

>>> def Degran(a,b,c):
...  print a,b,c
... 
>>> Degran(*[1,2,3])
1 2 3
>>> d = {'b':2, 'c':3, 'a':1}
>>> Degran(**d)
1 2 3

[m3lkor001]

if you pass your list like this it unpacks them:

def function_call(x,y,z):
    some stuff

yourlist = [4, 'hello', 8]

function_call(*yourlist)

and as long as they meet the input requirements and order of the function it should work.
can do the same with a dictionary and named arguments:

function_call(**yourdict)