[ python-Bugs-1449311 ] optparse: extending actions missing ALWAYS_TYPED_ACTIONS

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Bugs item #1449311, was opened at 2006-03-13 21:07
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Category: Documentation
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Christopher (chrism1)
Assigned to: Greg Ward (gward)
Summary: optparse: extending actions missing ALWAYS_TYPED_ACTIONS

Initial Comment:
http://docs.python.org/lib/optparse-adding-new-actions.
html

This page of docs should include the ALWAYS_TYPED_
ACTIONS list from optparse.py. In the example, unless 
you add the following line:

    ALWAYS_TYPED_ACTIONS = Option.ALWAYS_TYPED_ACTIONS 
+ ("dict",)

, then the "Value" variable gets no value unless you 
explicitly pass "type='string'" to parser.add_option().



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>Comment By: Greg Ward (gward)
Date: 2006-06-10 12:40

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Oops!  Quite right.  Thanks for catching this.

This is actually a bug in Optik's documentation, so the real
fix is there (rev 517 of Optik svn).

Fixed in Python svn: rev 46821 (Doc/lib/liboptparse.tex).
This is trunk (Python 2.5) only.

(BTW, you forgot to mention which example had this error. 
Also, the  new action in the example is "extend", not
"dict".   This would have been a bit quicker and easier to
fix if those details had been there.) 

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