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authorR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2012-03-30 22:07:42 (GMT)
committerR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2012-03-30 22:07:42 (GMT)
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#10423: clarify options vs args in argparse discussion of optparse
Patch by Sandro Tosi.
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@@ -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.