added ability to parse bool and list from argparse

moonworm/generators/basic.py

@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def function_spec(function_abi: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]:
         item_type = python_type(item["type"])[0]
 
         item_cli_type = None
-        if item_type in {"int", "bool"}:
+        if item_type in {"int", "str"}:
             item_cli_type = item_type
 
         input_spec: Dict[str, Any] = {
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ def function_spec(function_abi: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, Any]]:
             "cli": item_cli_name,
             "args": item_args_name,
             "type": item_type,
+            "raw_type": item["type"],
             "cli_type": item_cli_type,
         }
 

moonworm/generators/brownie.py

@@ -560,12 +560,35 @@ def generate_cli_generator(
                     keyword=cst.Name(value="required"),
                     value=cst.Name(value="True"),
                 ),
-            ]
-            if param["type"] is not None:
                 cst.Arg(
-                    keyword=cst.Name(value="type"),
+                    keyword=cst.Name(value="help"),
-                    value=cst.Name(param["type"]),
+                    value=cst.SimpleString(value=f'u"Type: {param["raw_type"]}"'),
                 ),
+            ]
+            if param["cli_type"] is not None:
+                call_args.append(
+                    cst.Arg(
+                        keyword=cst.Name(value="type"),
+                        value=cst.Name(param["cli_type"]),
+                    ),
+                )
+
+            if param["type"] == "List":
+                call_args.append(
+                    cst.Arg(
+                        keyword=cst.Name(value="nargs"),
+                        value=cst.SimpleString(value=f'u"+"'),
+                    ),
+                )
+            elif param["type"] == "bool":
+                call_args.append(
+                    cst.Arg(
+                        keyword=cst.Name(value="type"),
+                        value=cst.parse_expression(
+                            "lambda x: (str(x).lower() == 'true')"
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                )
 
             add_argument_call = cst.Call(
                 func=cst.Attribute(