[Python-Dev] Python 2.7b1 and argparse's version action (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Mon Apr 19 00:57:24 CEST 2010


Steven Bethard wrote:

By the way, we could simplify the typical addargument usage by adding "show program's version number and exit" as the default help for the 'version' action. Then you should just write:

parser.addargument('--version', action='version', version='')

With that change, I would have no problem with the current argparse behaviour (since doing it this way makes it very easy for people to add a "-V" shortcut if they want one).

Cheers, Nick.

-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia



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