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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2012-03-30 22:07:42 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2012-03-30 22:07:42 (GMT) |
| commit | 5e0c57142d7380d7209f198f772bb9851739652d (patch) | |
| tree | 6930eb4d21f1c30c6eefaa628cfec17d3ac96548 /Doc/library/argparse.rst | |
| parent | 6f5e54e76915d9a8767f7241f0e835116877e6e5 (diff) | |
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#10423: clarify options vs args in argparse discussion of optparse
Patch by Sandro Tosi.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst index b84e5c8..0123b5c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst +++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst @@ -1833,9 +1833,10 @@ A partial upgrade path from :mod:`optparse` to :mod:`argparse`: * Replace all :meth:`optparse.OptionParser.add_option` calls with :meth:`ArgumentParser.add_argument` calls. -* Replace ``options, args = parser.parse_args()`` with ``args = +* Replace ``(options, args) = parser.parse_args()`` with ``args = parser.parse_args()`` and add additional :meth:`ArgumentParser.add_argument` - calls for the positional arguments. + calls for the positional arguments. Keep in mind that what was previously + called ``options``, now in :mod:`argparse` context is called ``args``. * Replace callback actions and the ``callback_*`` keyword arguments with ``type`` or ``action`` arguments. |