Re: optparse versus getopt

2009-02-11 Thread Pete Forman
Robert Kern writes: >> is there some way i can force the import based on the the absolute >> path to the module? > > Better would be for you to copy the optparse.py module onto your > Jython's import path. I'm not particularly familiar with the details > of Jython, so you will need to consult

Re: optparse versus getopt

2009-02-10 Thread Robert Kern
On 2009-02-10 17:32, Matthew Sacks wrote: its a debian package. 2.5 importing optparse works with interactive python, but not through the jython interpreter i an using. Ah, yes. The current version of Jython is still based off of Python 2.2 whereas optparse was introduced in Python 2.3. is

Re: optparse versus getopt

2009-02-10 Thread Matthew Sacks
its a debian package. 2.5 importing optparse works with interactive python, but not through the jython interpreter i an using. is there some way i can force the import based on the the absolute path to the module? On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Robert Kern wrote: > On 2009-02-10 15:42, Matthe

Re: optparse versus getopt

2009-02-10 Thread Robert Kern
On 2009-02-10 15:42, Matthew Sacks wrote: it seems as if optparse isn't in my standard library. How did you install your Python? It has been part of the standard library for a very long time. is there a way to add a lib like ruby gems? http://docs.python.org/install/index.html But optpar

Re: optparse versus getopt

2009-02-10 Thread Matthew Sacks
it seems as if optparse isn't in my standard library. is there a way to add a lib like ruby gems? On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Tim Chase wrote: > Matthew Sacks wrote: >> >> does anyone have any arguments against optparse vs getopt > > I've found that the optparse module beats getopt on *every

Re: optparse versus getopt

2009-02-10 Thread Tim Chase
Matthew Sacks wrote: does anyone have any arguments against optparse vs getopt I've found that the optparse module beats getopt on *every* aspect except in the event that you have experience with the C getopt libraries *and* just want something that behaves like those libraries. Optparse is

Re: optparse versus getopt

2009-02-10 Thread Robert Kern
On 2009-02-10 15:06, Matthew Sacks wrote: does anyone have any arguments against optparse vs getopt As the getopt docs say: "A more convenient, flexible, and powerful alternative is the optparse module." I have found all three statements to be true. But I've found argparse to be even better

optparse versus getopt

2009-02-10 Thread Matthew Sacks
does anyone have any arguments against optparse vs getopt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list