[Python-ideas] Show more info when `python -vV`

Stephen J. Turnbull turnbull.stephen.fw at u.tsukuba.ac.jp
Mon Oct 17 12:11:10 EDT 2016


Nick Coghlan writes:

 > If we use the normal verbose flag, then both "-vV" and "-Vv" will
 > work, since options can be provided in any order.

+0.5 for some such option,
+1 for "-VV" or "-V -V"

I for one would likely make that mistake (using "-VV" instead of
"-vV") a lot.  "python -V" is the first thing I do on somebody else's
system when helping them debug, but I rarely use "python -v" in anger.
I suspect that I wouldn't use "python -Vv" [sic] often enough to
remember it.


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