argparse: delimiter for argparse list arguments

2021-08-02 Thread Sven R. Kunze
Hi everyone, maybe, I am missing something here but is it possible to specify a delimiter for list arguments in argparse: https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html Usually, '--' is used to separate two lists (cf. git). Cheers, Sven -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-li

Re: argparse: delimiter for argparse list arguments

2021-08-02 Thread Dan Stromberg
Isn't -- usually used to signal the end of options? On Mon, Aug 2, 2021 at 12:52 PM Sven R. Kunze wrote: > Hi everyone, > > maybe, I am missing something here but is it possible to specify a > delimiter for list arguments in argparse: > > https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html > > Usual

Re: argparse: delimiter for argparse list arguments

2021-08-03 Thread Michael Torrie
On 8/2/21 1:43 PM, Sven R. Kunze wrote: > Hi everyone, > > maybe, I am missing something here but is it possible to specify a > delimiter for list arguments in argparse: > > https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html > > Usually, '--' is used to separate two lists (cf. git). I've not seen

Re: argparse: delimiter for argparse list arguments

2021-08-03 Thread Jon Ribbens via Python-list
On 2021-08-03, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 8/2/21 1:43 PM, Sven R. Kunze wrote: >> maybe, I am missing something here but is it possible to specify a >> delimiter for list arguments in argparse: >> >> https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html >> >> Usually, '--' is used to separate two lis

Re: argparse: delimiter for argparse list arguments

2021-08-03 Thread Roel Schroeven
Jon Ribbens via Python-list schreef op 3/08/2021 om 17:48: On 2021-08-03, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 8/2/21 1:43 PM, Sven R. Kunze wrote: >> maybe, I am missing something here but is it possible to specify a >> delimiter for list arguments in argparse: >> >> https://docs.python.org/3/library/a

Re: argparse: delimiter for argparse list arguments

2021-08-03 Thread Sven R. Kunze
It could be but I've seen them used somewhere else. I wouldn't bikeshed on this yet, as I haven't found a way to do this so far. Let's imagine the following parser: parser.add_argument('things',action='append') parser.add_argument('stuff',action='append') At least from my point of view, I don

Re: argparse: delimiter for argparse list arguments

2021-08-03 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 7:07 AM Sven R. Kunze wrote: > > It could be but I've seen them used somewhere else. > > I wouldn't bikeshed on this yet, as I haven't found a way to do this so > far. Let's imagine the following parser: > > parser.add_argument('things',action='append') > parser.add_argument

Re: argparse: delimiter for argparse list arguments

2021-08-03 Thread Jon Ribbens via Python-list
On 2021-08-03, Roel Schroeven wrote: > Jon Ribbens via Python-list schreef op 3/08/2021 om 17:48: >> On 2021-08-03, Michael Torrie wrote: >> > On 8/2/21 1:43 PM, Sven R. Kunze wrote: >> >> maybe, I am missing something here but is it possible to specify a >> >> delimiter for list arguments in ar

Re: argparse: delimiter for argparse list arguments

2021-08-03 Thread Roel Schroeven
Jon Ribbens via Python-list schreef op 3/08/2021 om 22:55: >> Loads of git commands do this. e.g. commit, diff, log, status, etc. >> It's not completely unlike what you're describing above, which is >> already supported automatically by argparse. > > Commands like git commit do not use '--' to se