batch_argparser.py

import argparse

# Current defaults for [App: Motion detection]
# as of 08.10.2018

# Default values
DEFAULT_NO_CPUS = 32
DEFAULT_MAX_CONCURRENT_PROCESSES = 24
DEFAULT_SUFFIX = None
DEFAULT_NO_ITERATIONS = 19200000

# Argument parser
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
    description='Readout module for topographic maps generated by SpiNNaker '
                'in order to perform classification. '
                '[WARNING] This module assumes a specific architecture (1 '
                'exc and 1 inh target layers each with 3 input projections)')


parser.add_argument('path', help='path of input .npz archive defining '
                                 'connectivity', nargs='*')

parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', type=str,
                    help="name of the numpy archive storing simulation results",
                    dest='filename')

parser.add_argument('--suffix', type=str,
                    help="add a recognisable suffix to all the file "
                         "generated in this batch "
                        "-- [default {}]".format(DEFAULT_SUFFIX),
                    dest='suffix')


parser.add_argument('--no_iterations', type=int,
                    default=DEFAULT_NO_ITERATIONS, dest='no_iterations',
                    help='total number of iterations (or time steps) for '
                         'the simulation (technically, ms)'
                         ' -- [default {}]'.format(DEFAULT_NO_ITERATIONS))

parser.add_argument('--no_cpus', type=int,
                    default=DEFAULT_NO_CPUS, dest='no_cpus',
                    help='total number of available CPUs'
                         ' -- [default {}]'.format(DEFAULT_NO_CPUS))


parser.add_argument('--max_processes', type=int,
                    default=DEFAULT_MAX_CONCURRENT_PROCESSES,
                    dest='max_processes',
                    help='total number of concurrent processes'
                         ' -- [default {}]'.format(DEFAULT_MAX_CONCURRENT_PROCESSES))

args = parser.parse_args()