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author | steven.bethard <devnull@localhost> | 2009-08-02 15:42:01 +0000 |
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committer | steven.bethard <devnull@localhost> | 2009-08-02 15:42:01 +0000 |
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@@ -2,28 +2,30 @@ argparse 1.0 ============
The argparse module provides an easy, declarative interface for
creating command line tools, which knows how to:
- * parse the arguments and flags from sys.argv
- * convert arg strings into objects for your program
- * format and print informative help messages
- * and much more...
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+* parse the arguments and flags from sys.argv
+* convert arg strings into objects for your program
+* format and print informative help messages
+* and much more...
The argparse module improves on the standard library optparse module
in a number of ways including:
- * handling positional arguments
- * supporting sub-commands
- * allowing alternative option prefixes like + and /
- * handling zero-or-more and one-or-more style arguments
- * producing more informative usage messages
- * providing a much simpler interface for custom types and actions
-REQUIREMENTS & INSTALLATION
+* handling positional arguments
+* supporting sub-commands
+* allowing alternative option prefixes like + and /
+* handling zero-or-more and one-or-more style arguments
+* producing more informative usage messages
+* providing a much simpler interface for custom types and actions
+
+Requirements & Installation
---------------------------
The argparse module requires Python 2.3 or greater, and can be
installed with the standard Python installation procedure:
python setup.py install
-AVAILABILITY & DOCUMENTATION
+Availability & Documentation
----------------------------
The latest version of argparse, along with API documentation and
examples can be found at:
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