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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/getopt.rst | 7 | ||||
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diff --git a/Doc/library/getopt.rst b/Doc/library/getopt.rst index 9277b96..a666d0a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/getopt.rst +++ b/Doc/library/getopt.rst @@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ This module helps scripts to parse the command line arguments in ``sys.argv``. It supports the same conventions as the Unix :cfunc:`getopt` function (including the special meanings of arguments of the form '``-``' and '``--``'). Long options similar to those supported by GNU software may be used as well via an -optional third argument. This module provides two functions and an +optional third argument. + +A more convenient, flexible, and powerful alternative is the +:mod:`optparse` module. + +This module provides two functions and an exception: diff --git a/Doc/library/optparse.rst b/Doc/library/optparse.rst index d74256d..6ba0264 100644 --- a/Doc/library/optparse.rst +++ b/Doc/library/optparse.rst @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ ``optparse`` is a more convenient, flexible, and powerful library for parsing -command-line options than ``getopt``. ``optparse`` uses a more declarative +command-line options than the old :mod:`getopt` module. ``optparse`` uses a more declarative style of command-line parsing: you create an instance of :class:`OptionParser`, populate it with options, and parse the command line. ``optparse`` allows users to specify options in the conventional GNU/POSIX syntax, and additionally |