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authorR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2012-07-21 21:05:24 (GMT)
committerR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2012-07-21 21:05:24 (GMT)
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Merge #14391: clarify docstring discussion of Action's 'type' argument's value.
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@@ -761,10 +761,10 @@ class Action(_AttributeHolder):
- default -- The value to be produced if the option is not specified.
- - type -- The type which the command-line arguments should be converted
- to, should be one of 'string', 'int', 'float', 'complex' or a
- callable object that accepts a single string argument. If None,
- 'string' is assumed.
+ - type -- A callable that accepts a single string argument, and
+ returns the converted value. The standard Python types str, int,
+ float, and complex are useful examples of such callables. If None,
+ str is used.
- choices -- A container of values that should be allowed. If not None,
after a command-line argument has been converted to the appropriate