Re: Error in optparse documentation
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Shatadal wrote: I think the documentation should be modified so that it is made clear that %default in the help string behaves as is claimed only in version 2.4 and higher. Maybe something should be added for clarity but I don't think it's an error in the docs. You are reading documentation for Python 2.5 and expect everything in it to work in older versions too? Pick the right documentation from http://www.python.org/doc/versions/ Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Error in optparse documentation
On May 28, 2:19 am, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Shatadal wrote: I think the documentation should be modified so that it is made clear that %default in the help string behaves as is claimed only in version 2.4 and higher. Maybe something should be added for clarity but I don't think it's an error in the docs. You are reading documentation for Python 2.5 and expect everything in it to work in older versions too? Pick the right documentation fromhttp://www.python.org/doc/versions/ Thanks Marc. I did not know that documentation for previous versions existed. Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Error in optparse documentation
In the python documentation section 14.3.2.6 (http://docs.python.org/ lib/optparse-generating-help.html) in the last line it is written options that have a default value can include %default in the help string--optparse will replace it with str() of the option's default value. If an option has no default value (or the default value is None), %default expands to none. However this is true only for python 2.4 and newer and not for older versions. Though the documentation for optparse (section 14.3, http://docs.python.org/lib/module-optparse.html) says that the module is new for python 2.3, in this version a help string (default value = intermediate) e.g. help=interaction mode: novice, intermediate, or expert [default: %default] prints interaction mode: novice, intermediate, or expert [default: %default] and not: interaction mode: novice, intermediate, or expert [default: intermediate] Only in python 2.4 and newer do you see the help string print as interaction mode: novice, intermediate, or expert [default: intermediate] I think the documentation should be modified so that it is made clear that %default in the help string behaves as is claimed only in version 2.4 and higher. O.S. used is RHEL 9 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Error in optparse documentation
Shatadal wrote: In the python documentation section 14.3.2.6 (http://docs.python.org/ lib/optparse-generating-help.html) in the last line it is written options that have a default value can include %default in the help string--optparse will replace it with str() of the option's default value. If an option has no default value (or the default value is None), %default expands to none. However this is true only for python 2.4 and newer and not for older versions. The optparse module is externally maintained. You should file a documentation bug at http://optik.sourceforge.net/ STeVe -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Error in optparse documentation
On May 28, 7:54 am, Shatadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the python documentation section 14.3.2.6 (http://docs.python.org/ lib/optparse-generating-help.html) in the last line it is written options that have a default value can include %default in the help string--optparse will replace it with str() of the option's default value. If an option has no default value (or the default value is None), %default expands to none. However this is true only for python 2.4 and newer and not for older versions. Though the documentation for optparse (section 14.3,http://docs.python.org/lib/module-optparse.html) says that the module is new for python 2.3, in this version a help string (default value = intermediate) e.g. help=interaction mode: novice, intermediate, or expert [default: %default] prints interaction mode: novice, intermediate, or expert [default: %default] and not: interaction mode: novice, intermediate, or expert [default: intermediate] Only in python 2.4 and newer do you see the help string print as interaction mode: novice, intermediate, or expert [default: intermediate] I think the documentation should be modified so that it is made clear that %default in the help string behaves as is claimed only in version 2.4 and higher. Don't think, act; submit a doc patch: Please add the text New in version 2.4. to the end of the last bullet point in [the section that you quoted]. and move on. If you are maintaining software that must work on an older version of Python, you need to read the docs for that version, as well as the current docs -- you can't [reasonably] expect a birth certificate attached to each paragraph :-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
