[Python-Dev] Adding Optik to 2.3 standard library (original) (raw)

Skip Montanaro skip@pobox.com
Fri, 12 Apr 2002 19:10:33 -0500 

Guido> A while ago, Greg Ward proposed to add his
Guido> all-singing-all-dancing option parse, Optik, to the standard
Guido> library.  He's just released version 1.3 and thinks it's ready.
Guido> According to Greg, the getopt-sig likes Optik.

The only think I remember from the previous discussion was that "Optik" wasn't exactly suggestive of the module's function. I don't recall if any alternatives were suggested at the time though.

How about "optionparser" or "optionlib"?

Skip