[Python-Dev] PEP 389: argparse - new command line parsing module

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    Nick> +1 here as well (although we should definitely find a way to use
    Nick> str.format strings instead of %-format ones... come to think of
    Nick> it, does even the logging module support str.format style
    Nick> formatting in Py3k?)

Assuming argparse currently works with versions of Python < 2.6 I see no
reason to make such a change.  This would just introduce needless
differences between the version delivered with Python and the PyPI version
and make it more difficult for the author to keep the two code bases in
sync.

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