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

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Wed Sep 30 01:39:16 CEST 2009

On Sep 29, 2009, at 6:51 PM, Greg Ewing wrote:

skip at pobox.com wrote:

I have never completely wrapped my brain around optparse. Getopt I just remember. Seems to me that optparse and argparse are fairly similar in their APIs, and that argparse isn't going to be significantly easier to fit in one's brain than optparse.

There's no question it is if you're doing more complicated stuff, like
extending it or using subcommands. After I converted my code from
optparse to argparse, I ended up with less stuff that was more regular
and easier to understand. It convinced me that argparse is a win.

-Barry

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