--- a/fill_ctd_clargs.py	Thu Dec 01 19:04:01 2022 +0000
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import operator
-from argparse import ArgumentParser
-from functools import reduce  # forward compatibility for Python 3
-from io import StringIO
-
-from CTDopts.CTDopts import (
-    _Null,
-    CTDModel,
-    ModelTypeError,
-    Parameters
-)
-
-
-def getFromDict(dataDict, mapList):
-    return reduce(operator.getitem, mapList, dataDict)
-
-
-def setInDict(dataDict, mapList, value):
-    getFromDict(dataDict, mapList[:-1])[mapList[-1]] = value
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    # note add_help=False since otherwise arguments starting with -h will
-    # trigger an error (despite allow_abbreviate)
-    parser = ArgumentParser(prog="fill_ctd_clargs",
-                            description="fill command line arguments"
-                            "into a CTD file and write the CTD file to stdout",
-                            add_help=False, allow_abbrev=False)
-    parser.add_argument("--ini_file", dest="ini_file", help="input ini file",
-                        metavar='INI', default=None, required=True)
-    parser.add_argument("--ctd_file", dest="ctd_file", help="input ctd file"
-                        "if given then optional parameters from the ini file"
-                        "will be filled with the defaults from this CTD file",
-                        metavar='CTD', default=None, required=False)
-    args, cliargs = parser.parse_known_args()
-
-    # load CTDModel
-    ini_model = None
-    try:
-        ini_model = CTDModel(from_file=args.ini_file)
-    except ModelTypeError:
-        pass
-    try:
-        ini_model = Parameters(from_file=args.ini_file)
-    except ModelTypeError:
-        pass
-    assert ini_model is not None, "Could not parse %s, seems to be no CTD/PARAMS" % (args.ini_file)
-
-    # get a dictionary of the ctd arguments where the values of the parameters
-    # given on the command line are overwritten
-    ini_values = ini_model.parse_cl_args(cl_args=cliargs, ignore_required=True)
-
-    if args.ctd_file:
-        ctd_model = CTDModel(from_file=args.ctd_file)
-        ctd_values = ctd_model.get_defaults()
-        for param in ini_model.get_parameters():
-            if not param.required and (param.default is None or type(param.default) is _Null):
-                lineage = param.get_lineage(name_only=True)
-                try:
-                    default = getFromDict(ctd_values, lineage)
-                except KeyError:
-                    continue
-                setInDict(ini_values, lineage, default)
-
-    # write the ctd with the values taken from the dictionary
-    out = StringIO()
-    ctd_tree = ini_model.write_ctd(out, ini_values)
-    print(out.getvalue())