[Python-Dev] Python 2.7b1 and argparse's version action

[Barry Warsaw]

On Apr 18, 2010, at 07:30 PM, Eric Smith wrote:

>Steven Bethard wrote:
>> By the way, we could simplify the typical add_argument usage by adding
>> "show program's version number and exit" as the default help for the
>> 'version' action. Then you should just write:
>> 
>>     parser.add_argument('--version', action='version', version='<the version>')
>
>I like this the best. I don't like argparse adding arguments for me.

I concur.  This gives me all the flexibility I need to make my programs accept
exactly the arguments I want and print exactly the information I want to
present.

-Barry
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