On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Olemis Lang <ole...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Michael Foord >> On 14/12/2009 19:04, Ian Bicking wrote: >>> Another thing I just noticed is that argparse using -v for version >>> where optparse does not (it only adds --version); most of my scripts >>> that use -v to mean --verbose, causing problems. Since this is a poll >>> question on the argparse site I assume this is an outstanding question >> >> I also use -v for verbose in a few scripts (including options to unittest >> when run with python -m). I've seen -V as a common abbreviation for >> --version (I've just used this with Mono for example). > > Many Unix commands accept these switches too . AFAICR there was an > standard (well ...) set of command line options for Unix systems > (can't find a link :-/ )
Just to be clear, argparse doesn't force you to use -v/--version. That's just the default if you specify the version= argument to the ArgumentParser constructor. You can configure version flags much more flexibly using add_argument(..., action='version'). But yes, it's a poll right now on the argparse website (http://code.google.com/p/argparse/) and if you feel strongly about it, please add your vote there (rather than here). Steve -- Where did you get that preposterous hypothesis? Did Steve tell you that? --- The Hiphopopotamus _______________________________________________ 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
