add bool type to optparse
A.M. Kuchling wrote:
On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 09:50:38AM -0400, Neal Becker wrote:
Subject says it all.
Why is boolean support needed, given that optparse has store_true and store_false actions? Example usage:
parser.add_option('--confirm', action='store_true', dest='confirm')
--amk
So you can do: --option=false Otherwise you have to do something like: (action='store_false', default=True) and use: --no-option which is OK sometimes, but why not allow a choice?
Why not submit a patch to Greg Ward? http://optik.sourceforge.net/
On 7/31/07, Neal Becker
A.M. Kuchling wrote:
On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 09:50:38AM -0400, Neal Becker wrote:
Subject says it all.
Why is boolean support needed, given that optparse has store_true and store_false actions? Example usage:
parser.add_option('--confirm', action='store_true', dest='confirm')
--amk
So you can do: --option=false
Otherwise you have to do something like: (action='store_false', default=True)
and use: --no-option
which is OK sometimes, but why not allow a choice?
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