def exhandler(function, parser):
    """If -examples was specified in 'args', the specified function
    is called and the application exits.

    :arg function: the function that prints the examples.
    :arg parser: the initialized instance of the parser that has the
      additional, script-specific parameters.
    """
    args = vars(bparser.parse_known_args()[0])
    if args["examples"]:
        function()
        exit(0)
    if args["verbose"]:
        from msg import set_verbosity
        set_verbosity(args["verbose"])

    args.update(vars(parser.parse_known_args()[0]))
    return args