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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2012-07-21 21:04:25 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2012-07-21 21:04:25 (GMT) |
| commit | 15cd9a0be4cfa7875267a06046a8c20ab8bb3482 (patch) | |
| tree | 50df2653793f6903e9e919c01a3235e03cfbe928 /Lib/argparse.py | |
| parent | e3de175a5e280a01fda003a825bab7bdfedf445b (diff) | |
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#14391: clarify docstring discussion of Action's 'type' argument's value.
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diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py index 2202b57..cf0097b 100644 --- a/Lib/argparse.py +++ b/Lib/argparse.py @@ -736,10 +736,10 @@ 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 |