Python noob SOS (any [former?] Perlheads out there?)

[kj]

In <mailman.4.1201627611.9267.python-list at python.org> "Reedick, Andrew" <jr9445 at ATT.COM> writes:

>> Be that as it may, the activation barrier to using Python for my
>> scripting remains too high.
>>=20
>> I'd written a Perl module to facilitate the writing of scripts.
>> It contained all my boilerplate code for parsing and validating
>> command-line options, generating of accessor functions for these
>> options, printing of the help message and of the full documentation,
>> testing, etc.

>Bleh.  Perl and Python have really good libraries.  Why waste time
>rolling your own when you can use Python's getopt or optparse, or Perl's
>Getopt and Getopt::Long?

No, no "bleh".  My module in fact uses Getopt::Long behind the
scenes, but customizes the heck out of it and adds a ton of
functionality I wanted not available in Getopt::Long.

kynn 
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