Issue 5278: optparse documentation example (original) (raw)

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Created on 2009-02-16 10:17 by orsenthil, last changed 2022-04-11 14:56 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg82229 - (view)	Author: Senthil Kumaran (orsenthil) *	Date: 2009-02-16 10:17
In the Document, : Doc/library/optparse.rst, The first usage example is given with an '=' sign for the options. This is a mistake. - --file=outfile -q + --file outfile -q
msg82230 - (view)	Author: Senthil Kumaran (orsenthil) *	Date: 2009-02-16 11:13
Georg, Ignore this bug. This is Invalid and sorry for the confusion. I was trying with single option with '=' sign. May be, I have forgotten the Unix standard that '=' symbol goes with '--' options only. If other people also get confused by this, may be the following sentence can be added, otherwise just close this bug as Invalid. " The '=' sign after the argument goes along with '--' options only. This is well indicated by the help message of optparse. "
msg82396 - (view)	Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) *	Date: 2009-02-18 00:28
This is documented in the small glossary in the optparse docs.