[Python-Dev] Proposed standard module: Optik (original) (raw)

Greg Ward gward@python.net
Mon, 11 Feb 2002 10:32:01 -0500

Hi all --

I would like to propose adding my Optik module to the standard library. Optik is the all-singing, all-dancing, featureful, extensible, well-documented option-parsing module that I have always wanted. Now I have it, and I like it -- so much that I'd like it to just always be there whenever I fire up Python (2.3 or greater, of course).

Please take a look at http://optik.sourceforge.net/ for the whole story, including all the documentation and code via CVS.

Note that Optik is currently distributed as a package with three modules; it's a hair over 1000 lines of text (563 lines of code), though, so could easily be munged into a single file if that's preferred for the standard library.

Two good arguments for adding Optik to the standard library:

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