def itersplit_to_fields(str_,
                        fsep=DEFAULT_FSEP,
                        revtuple=None,
                        fields=[],
                        preparse=None):
    """
    Itersplit a string into a (named, if specified) tuple.

    Args:
        str_ (str): string to split
        fsep (str): field separator (delimiter to split by)
        revtuple (object): namedtuple (or class with a ``._fields`` attr)
            (optional)
        fields (list of str): field names (if revtuple is not specified)
        preparse (callable): function to parse str with before itersplitting

    Returns:
        tuple or revtuple: fields as a tuple or revtuple, if specified

    """
    if preparse:
        str_ = preparse(str_)
    _fields = itersplit(str_, fsep)

    if revtuple is not None:
        try:
            values = (t[1] for t in izip_longest(revtuple._fields, _fields))
            return revtuple(*values)
        except Exception as e:
            log.error(revtuple)
            log.error(_fields)
            log.exception(e)
            raise

    return tuple(izip_longest(fields, _fields, fillvalue=None))