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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2012-07-21 21:06:28 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2012-07-21 21:06:28 (GMT) |
| commit | 1a2c1fbfd2208407e1af365b161276b6f103c1ad (patch) | |
| tree | 919d43cae5f5872c6e29e35e7800483c22d3c664 /Lib/argparse.py | |
| parent | ac9b5c67d35ee100ff1d80f4d55c307aab4ca4e7 (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 a9129de..d867611 100644 --- a/Lib/argparse.py +++ b/Lib/argparse.py @@ -740,10 +740,10 @@ 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 |