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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/argparse.rst17
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/argparse.rst b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
index 61e1786..3db8fec 100644
--- a/Doc/library/argparse.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/argparse.rst
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Parsing arguments
:class:`ArgumentParser` parses args through the
:meth:`~ArgumentParser.parse_args` method. This will inspect the command line,
convert each arg to the appropriate type and then invoke the appropriate action.
-In most cases, this means a simple namespace object will be built up from
+In most cases, this means a simple :class:`Namespace` object will be built up from
attributes parsed out of the command line::
>>> parser.parse_args(['--sum', '7', '-1', '42'])
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ the Action API. The easiest way to do this is to extend
* ``parser`` - The ArgumentParser object which contains this action.
-* ``namespace`` - The namespace object that will be returned by
+* ``namespace`` - The :class:`Namespace` object that will be returned by
:meth:`~ArgumentParser.parse_args`. Most actions add an attribute to this
object.
@@ -1333,11 +1333,14 @@ interactive prompt::
The Namespace object
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-By default, :meth:`~ArgumentParser.parse_args` will return a new object of type
-:class:`Namespace` where the necessary attributes have been set. This class is
-deliberately simple, just an :class:`object` subclass with a readable string
-representation. If you prefer to have dict-like view of the attributes, you
-can use the standard Python idiom via :func:`vars`::
+.. class:: Namespace
+
+ Simple class used by default by :meth:`~ArgumentParser.parse_args` to create
+ an object holding attributes and return it.
+
+This class is deliberately simple, just an :class:`object` subclass with a
+readable string representation. If you prefer to have dict-like view of the
+attributes, you can use the standard Python idiom, :func:`vars`::
>>> parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
>>> parser.add_argument('--foo')