-1 for deprecating getopt. getopt is super-simple and especially useful for c programmers learning python.
+1 for argparse.+1 for eventual deprecation of optparse - optparse and argparse have a very similar syntax and having both is just confusing. tsboapooowtdi On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Steven Bethard <steven.beth...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benja...@python.org> > wrote: > > 2009/9/27 Steven Bethard <steven.beth...@gmail.com>: > >> The first release where any real deprecation message would show up is > >> Python 3.4, more than 3 years away. If you think 3 years isn't long > >> enough for people to be over the Python 3 transition, let's stick in > >> another version in there and make it 4.5 years. > > > > So, why even bother deprecating it if nobody is going to see the > warnings? > > I feel like I'm repeating the PEP, but here it is again anyway. There > will be messages in the docs and pending deprecation warnings (which > don't show up by default but can be requested) starting in Python 2.7 > and 3.2. Regular deprecation warnings wouldn't show up until Python > 3.4, 3 years away. This compromise was intended exactly to address the > issue you brought up about people getting over the Python 3 > transition. > > 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/ubershmekel%40gmail.com >
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