[Python-checkins] r46860 - in python/trunk: Doc/lib/liboptparse.tex Misc/NEWS
greg.ward
python-checkins at python.org
Sun Jun 11 16:42:41 CEST 2006
Author: greg.ward
Date: Sun Jun 11 16:42:41 2006
New Revision: 46860
Modified:
python/trunk/Doc/lib/liboptparse.tex
python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
Log:
SF #1366250: optparse docs: fix inconsistency in variable name; minor tweaks.
Modified: python/trunk/Doc/lib/liboptparse.tex
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Doc/lib/liboptparse.tex (original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/lib/liboptparse.tex Sun Jun 11 16:42:41 2006
@@ -1197,16 +1197,16 @@
where the input parameters are
\begin{description}
\item[\code{args}]
-the list of arguments to process (\code{sys.argv{[}1:]} by default)
+the list of arguments to process (default: \code{sys.argv{[}1:]})
\item[\code{options}]
-object to store option arguments in (a new instance of
-optparse.Values by default)
+object to store option arguments in (default: a new instance of
+optparse.Values)
\end{description}
and the return values are
\begin{description}
\item[\code{options}]
-the same object as was passed in as \code{options}, or the new
+the same object that was passed in as \code{options}, or the
optparse.Values instance created by \module{optparse}
\item[\code{args}]
the leftover positional arguments after all options have been
@@ -1214,9 +1214,9 @@
\end{description}
The most common usage is to supply neither keyword argument. If you
-supply a \code{values} object, it will be repeatedly modified with a
-\code{setattr()} call for every option argument written to an option
-destination, and finally returned by \method{parse{\_}args()}.
+supply \code{options}, it will be modified with repeated \code{setattr()}
+calls (roughly one for every option argument stored to an option
+destination) and returned by \method{parse{\_}args()}.
If \method{parse{\_}args()} encounters any errors in the argument list, it calls
the OptionParser's \method{error()} method with an appropriate end-user error
Modified: python/trunk/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Misc/NEWS (original)
+++ python/trunk/Misc/NEWS Sun Jun 11 16:42:41 2006
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@
Library
-------
+- Bug #1366250: minor optparse documentation error.
+
- Bug #1361643: fix textwrap.dedent() so it handles tabs appropriately;
clarify docs.
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