Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettin...@gmail.com> added the comment:
I don't agree this should be changed. The repetition helps improve understanding because not everyone would assume that a METAVAR shown once would automatically also apply to its long form. Also, showing the METAVAR more than one is a norm. For example, see this excerpt from "man grep": -B num, --before-context=num Print num lines of leading context before each match. See also the -A and -C options. -b, --byte-offset The offset in bytes of a matched pattern is displayed in front of the respective matched line. -C[num, --context=num] Print num lines of leading and trailing context surrounding each match. The default is 2 and is equivalent to -A 2 -B 2. Note: no whitespace may be given between the option and its argument. -c, --count Only a count of selected lines is written to standard output. --colour=[when, --color=[when]] Mark up the matching text with the expression stored in GREP_COLOR environment variable. The possible values of when can be `never', `always' or `auto'. -D action, --devices=action Specify the demanded action for devices, FIFOs and sockets. The default action is `read', which means, that they are read as if they were normal files. If the action is set to `skip', devices will be silently skipped. -d action, --directories=action Specify the demanded action for directories. It is `read' by default, which means that the directories are read in the same manner as normal files. Other possible values are `skip' to silently ignore the directories, and `recurse' to read them recursively, which has the same effect as the -R and -r option. ---------- versions: -Python 3.10, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue45110> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com