June 14, 2006
9:23 a.m.
Georg Brandl wrote:
I've just closed a bug report wishing for long option support, pointing to a patch sitting in the patch tracker implementing this.
Should we accept at least the very common options "--help" and "--version" in 2.5?
Guido pronounced on this in May: "Guido van Rossum" <guido@python.org> wrote: > On 5/4/06, Fredrik Lundh <fredrik@pythonware.com> wrote: > > I'm +1 on adding --help and --version, +1 on adding -? and /? for windows only, > > -0=slightly sceptical if adding a generic long option machinery is worth it, and -1 > > on a guessing machinery. > > I fully support Fredrik's position on this issue. > > --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) </F>