On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Steven Bethard wrote:
>> By the way, we could simplify the typical add_argument usage by adding
>> "show program's version number and exit" as the default help for the
>> 'version' action. Then you should just write:
>>
>> parser.add_argument('--version', action='version', version='<the
>> version>')
>
> With that change, I would have no problem with the current argparse
> behaviour (since doing it this way makes it very easy for people to add
> a "-V" shortcut if they want one).
Probably this should happen regardless of the outcome of the
constructor argument. The only reason it wasn't already there is that
I hadn't thought of it. ;-)
Steve
--
Where did you get that preposterous hypothesis?
Did Steve tell you that?
--- The Hiphopopotamus
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