getopt: where's da dicts?????

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Les Schaffer writes:
 > ahhh, okay. hadnt thought about that one. i usually dont write stuff
 > that needs that kinda thing. on the other hand, what would be wrong
 > with coding -v3 (verbose level 3)? seems easier to me somehow...

Les,
  There's certainly nothing wrong with that, except that simply -v for 
verbose becomes impossible.  Using yet another option seems like
overkill from a UI perspective (too many options to explain).

 > wanted to hear what they were. still, i personally will veer towards
 > the getargs or similar py modules for my own stuff....

  Sounds quite reasonable to me!


  -Fred

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