From 799b372f3174172b1c295bb9dec323a44a263cd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:39:10 +0000 Subject: #2476: document that %default feature is new in 2.4. --- Doc/library/optparse.rst | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/optparse.rst b/Doc/library/optparse.rst index 68b5709..d72e387 100644 --- a/Doc/library/optparse.rst +++ b/Doc/library/optparse.rst @@ -534,10 +534,11 @@ help message: description "write output to FILE". This is a simple but effective way to make your help text a lot clearer and more useful for end users. -* options that have a default value can include ``%default`` in the help - string---\ :mod:`optparse` will replace it with :func:`str` of the option's - default value. If an option has no default value (or the default value is - ``None``), ``%default`` expands to ``none``. +.. versionadded:: 2.4 + Options that have a default value can include ``%default`` in the help + string---\ :mod:`optparse` will replace it with :func:`str` of the option's + default value. If an option has no default value (or the default value is + ``None``), ``%default`` expands to ``none``. When dealing with many options, it is convenient to group these options for better help output. An :class:`OptionParser` can contain -- cgit v0.12