[Python-Dev] PEP 389: argparse - new command line parsing module
Yuvgoog Greenle
ubershmekel at gmail.com
Sat Oct 3 18:38:31 CEST 2009
On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
> [snip...]
> Why not just catch SystemExit? If you want a custom exception the overriding .exit() should be sufficient.
> I'd be much more interested in Guido's suggestion of auto-generated custom help messages for sub-commands.
Check it out:
def ParseAndRun():
crazy_external_function_that_might_exit()
# Argparse blah blah
parser.parse_args()
if __name__ == "__main__":
try:
ParseAndRun()
except SystemExit:
# was it crazy_external_function_that_might_exit or an argparse error?
I know this might come through as bike shedding but it's just
customary python that every module have it's own exception types as to
not mix them up with others.
--yuv
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