[Python-Dev] Hotshot (original) (raw)

Skip Montanaro skip at pobox.com
Mon Jan 26 11:40:59 EST 2004 

>> How would optparse be better than getopt, especially for simple use
>> such as this?

Guido> Optparse is *always* better than getopt, once you're used to it.
Guido> Even for a single option it's usually fewer lines of code.

Is this a pronouncement? A quick grep suggests that so far only Tools/scripts/diff.py uses optparse.

I converted the script to use optparse. It will take some getting used to (just like getopt did).

So, is this (hotshotmain.py) a useful standalone script? Given that hotshot is a package instead of a module I don't think it's possible to just tack a main() on to an existing module.

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