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

[Barry Warsaw]

On Sep 29, 2009, at 9:18 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

> Keeping getopt around *and* including a "add_getopt_arguments"  
> method in
> argparse is probably the best of both worlds, in that it allows for
> relatively straightforward evolution of an application:
>
> 1. Start with getopt
> 2. As the getopt argument parsing gets twisty and arcane and  
> maintaining
> the help string becomes a nightmare, move to argparse with the
> "add_getopt_arguments" method.
> 3. Over time, convert more arguments to proper argparse arguments with
> full documentation.

Maybe.  I haven't been following this entire thread, but I don't see  
much point in making it easy to go from getopt to argparse.  The two  
are so different that I think you're either going to jump all in or  
not.  Maybe that's just me though as I really don't see much use for  
getopt any more (even for throwaway scripts).

-Barry

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