[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): Use real word in English text (i.e. not code)

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Sat Aug 13 03:50:41 CEST 2011


Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> writes:

> But multiple compound-noun adjectives are awkward and the above is ugly.
> Would "Command-line library for parsing options and arguments" fit?

Better, but the binding is still wrong. The “command-line” should
instead be a modifier for “options and arguments”.

So:

    Library for parsing command-line options and arguments

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