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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2009-09-16 13:11:06 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2009-09-16 13:11:06 (GMT)
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#6892: fix optparse example involving help option.
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@@ -1019,7 +1019,10 @@ must specify for any option using that action.
from optparse import OptionParser, SUPPRESS_HELP
- parser = OptionParser()
+ # usually, a help option is added automatically, but that can
+ # be suppressed using the add_help_option argument
+ parser = OptionParser(add_help_option=False)
+
parser.add_option("-h", "--help", action="help")
parser.add_option("-v", action="store_true", dest="verbose",
help="Be moderately verbose")