Passing arguments function with --argument or -a format

Question

Is it possible to pass arguments to Vimscript functions with the --argument or -a format, similar to arguments in the command line?

I am writing a command that submits a job in a remote machine. I have to pass the number of hours and the number of CPUs requested. Currently they are provided as positional parameters.

function! SubmitJob(hours,cpus)
    ...
endfunction
com -nargs=* Submit call SubmitJob(<f-args>)

For example, :Submit 1 2 indicates 1 hour and 2 CPUs. Would it be possible to change the function and command above so that I can pass the arguments as :Submit --hours 1 --cpus 2 or :Submit -h 1 -c 2? This way, it would be possible to change the parameter order, for example :Submit --cpus 2 --hours 1.

Answer 1

No, you have to write such "option parser" yourself.

But quite probably there's no need to do this. Just re-write your function to accept dictionary argument. For example,

function! SubmitJob(opts) abort
    let l:opts = extend(copy(a:opts), #{hours: 1, cpus: 1}, 'keep')
    echo l:opts.hours l:opts.cpus
endfunction

:call SubmitJob(#{cpus: 2})
" hours=1 cpus=2