Heiko Wundram wrote: >> Personally, I'm +1, but wonder if it would be enough to support '--help' >> and '--version'. We then could cut out the "best guess" code and the code >> to enable --opt=value. > > The code for the above functionality is about 10-12 lines of C of the whole > patch. > > If there's concensus to remove it, I'll gladly prepare a patch that doesn't > contain this, but I don't think it's sensible to do so just because it makes > the code shorter.
> But, the "best guess" functionality most certainly is debatable on other > grounds. exactly. as the zen says, "explicit is better than I know what you mean, even if you don't mean what I think you mean". I'm +1 on adding --help and --version, +1 on adding -? and /? for windows only, -0=slightly sceptical if adding a generic long option machinery is worth it, and -1 on a guessing machinery. </F> _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
