text: def parse(input_args):
      """
      Parse a sequence of items which can match one of the following formats:
      --key           # Sets kwargs[key] to True
      --key=value     # Sets kwargs[key] = value
      value           # Sets args
  
      Returns args, kwargs
      """
      output_args = []
      output_kwargs = {}
      for arg in input_args:
          if arg[0:2] == "--":
              spec = arg[2:]
              if "=" in spec:
                  name, value = spec.split("=", 1)
              else:
                  name = spec
                  value = True
              output_kwargs[name] = value
          else:
              output_args.append(arg)
      return output_args, output_kwargs
  