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diff --git a/Doc/library/optparse.rst b/Doc/library/optparse.rst index a62ad24..05aa378 100644 --- a/Doc/library/optparse.rst +++ b/Doc/library/optparse.rst @@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ user-friendly (documented) options:: action="store_false", dest="verbose", help="be vewwy quiet (I'm hunting wabbits)") parser.add_option("-f", "--filename", - metavar="FILE", help="write output to FILE"), + metavar="FILE", help="write output to FILE") parser.add_option("-m", "--mode", default="intermediate", help="interaction mode: novice, intermediate, " @@ -1014,12 +1014,15 @@ must specify for any option using that action. from optparse import OptionParser, SUPPRESS_HELP - parser = OptionParser() - parser.add_option("-h", "--help", action="help"), + # usually, a help option is added automatically, but that can + # be suppressed using the add_help_option argument + parser = OptionParser(add_help_option=False) + + parser.add_option("-h", "--help", action="help") parser.add_option("-v", action="store_true", dest="verbose", help="Be moderately verbose") parser.add_option("--file", dest="filename", - help="Input file to read data from"), + help="Input file to read data from") parser.add_option("--secret", help=SUPPRESS_HELP) If :mod:`optparse` sees either ``"-h"`` or ``"--help"`` on the command line, it |