[Python-Dev] Pronouncement on PEP 389: argparse? (original) (raw)

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Tue Dec 15 01:17:50 CET 2009

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 12:35, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

Steven Bethard <steven.bethard gmail.com> writes: > > Please read the PEP if you haven't, particularly the "Why isn't the > functionality just being added to optparse?" section. I don't believe > it is sensible to re-implement all of optparse. What Ian Bicking is > proposing, I believe, is simpler -- adding a few aliases here and > there so that you don't have to rename so many things when you're > upgrading from optparse to argparse.

Although I am of the people who think working modules shouldn't be deprecated, I also don't think adding compatibility aliases is a good idea. They only make the APIs more bloated and maintenance more tedious. Let's keep the new APIs clean of any unnecessary baggage.

Ditto from me. If people want a compatible module it can be made available on PyPI for those who want it.

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