Jan. 26, 2004
4:36 p.m.
On Mon, 2004-01-26 at 10:40, Guido van Rossum wrote:
Walter> Maybe this script should use optparse instead of getopt?
How would optparse be better than getopt, especially for simple use such as this?
Optparse is *always* better than getopt, once you're used to it. Even for a single option it's usually fewer lines of code.
And with Optparse it's much easier to add/remove options since each option's spec and handling is in one place, instead of spread out in several places. I do have a few minor nits with optparse though[1]. Even so, +1 on using Optparse for all new scripts. -Barry [1] e.g http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=5470&atid=105470&func=detail&aid=842213