command line arguments
Michael Hoffman
cam.ac.uk at mh391.invalid
Wed Aug 31 16:05:56 EDT 2005
wittempj at hotmail.com wrote:
> py> parser.add_option("-n", "--name", dest="name", action="store",
> py> help="enter a name")
> py> parser.add_option("-u", "--url", action="store", dest="url",
> help = "enter an url")
It's worth noting that this will have the same effect and involves less
repetitive typing:
parser.add_option("-n", "--name", help="enter a name")
parser.add_option("-u", "--url", help="enter a url")
Discovering this has made optparse usage much more painless for me, and
also reduces the incidence of those nasty multiple line option additions.
Although I should note for the record that I agree with Peter Hansen
that if the arguments are not *optional* then they should not be made
options in this manner.
--
Michael Hoffman
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