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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/argparse.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/argparse.py | 33 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py index 63561f7..0658472 100644 --- a/Lib/argparse.py +++ b/Lib/argparse.py @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ __all__ = [ 'ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter', 'RawDescriptionHelpFormatter', 'RawTextHelpFormatter', + 'MetavarTypeHelpFormatter', 'Namespace', 'Action', 'ONE_OR_MORE', @@ -423,7 +424,8 @@ class HelpFormatter(object): # produce all arg strings elif not action.option_strings: - part = self._format_args(action, action.dest) + default = self._get_default_metavar_for_positional(action) + part = self._format_args(action, default) # if it's in a group, strip the outer [] if action in group_actions: @@ -445,7 +447,7 @@ class HelpFormatter(object): # if the Optional takes a value, format is: # -s ARGS or --long ARGS else: - default = action.dest.upper() + default = self._get_default_metavar_for_optional(action) args_string = self._format_args(action, default) part = '%s %s' % (option_string, args_string) @@ -531,7 +533,8 @@ class HelpFormatter(object): def _format_action_invocation(self, action): if not action.option_strings: - metavar, = self._metavar_formatter(action, action.dest)(1) + default = self._get_default_metavar_for_positional(action) + metavar, = self._metavar_formatter(action, default)(1) return metavar else: @@ -545,7 +548,7 @@ class HelpFormatter(object): # if the Optional takes a value, format is: # -s ARGS, --long ARGS else: - default = action.dest.upper() + default = self._get_default_metavar_for_optional(action) args_string = self._format_args(action, default) for option_string in action.option_strings: parts.append('%s %s' % (option_string, args_string)) @@ -623,6 +626,12 @@ class HelpFormatter(object): def _get_help_string(self, action): return action.help + def _get_default_metavar_for_optional(self, action): + return action.dest.upper() + + def _get_default_metavar_for_positional(self, action): + return action.dest + class RawDescriptionHelpFormatter(HelpFormatter): """Help message formatter which retains any formatting in descriptions. @@ -663,6 +672,22 @@ class ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter(HelpFormatter): return help +class MetavarTypeHelpFormatter(HelpFormatter): + """Help message formatter which uses the argument 'type' as the default + metavar value (instead of the argument 'dest') + + Only the name of this class is considered a public API. All the methods + provided by the class are considered an implementation detail. + """ + + def _get_default_metavar_for_optional(self, action): + return action.type.__name__ + + def _get_default_metavar_for_positional(self, action): + return action.type.__name__ + + + # ===================== # Options and Arguments # ===================== |