import inspect

def call(obj, *args, **kwargs):
    """call a thing with string arguments"""
    inspected = obj
    if inspect.isclass(obj):
        inspected = obj.__init__ # inspect the ctor
    argspec = inspect.getargspec(inspected)
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    import sys
    from loader import load
    from optparse import OptionParser
    usage = '%prog Object arg1=value1 arg2=value2 [...]'
    description = 'invoke an Object given string arguments'
    parser = OptionParser(usage=usage, description=description)
    args = sys.argv[1:]
    if not args:
        parser.print_usage()
        parser.exit()
    obj_args = dict([i.split('=', 1) for i in args[1:]])
    obj = load(args[0])
    print call(obj, **obj_args)