[Python-Dev] PEP 389: argparse - new command line parsing module (original) (raw)

Jon Ribbens jon+python-dev at unequivocal.co.uk
Mon Sep 28 15:03:17 CEST 2009


On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 09:38:20AM +0100, Floris Bruynooghe wrote:

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 06:59:45AM +0300, Yuvgoog Greenle wrote: > -1 for deprecating getopt. getopt is super-simple and especially useful for > c programmers learning python. > > +1 for argparse.+1 for eventual deprecation of optparse - optparse and > argparse have a very similar syntax and having both is just > confusing. tsboapooowtdi

+1 on all of this :-) It would be a shame to see getopt go but optparse -> argparse seems logical.

+1 from me too - keep getopt, deprecate optparse.



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