ANNOUNCE: Optik 1.0 (new command-line parsing library)

[Oleg Broytmann]

Thank you! Looks nice!

On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 10:26:12AM -0500, Greg Ward wrote:
> > <yourscript> --file outfile1 -f outfile2
> 
> Yes, but just what happens in this case depends on the action you use.
> I'm assuming --file and -f are synonomous, ie.
> 
>   parser.add_option("-f", "--file", ...)
> 
> is how you defined them.  If you did
> 
>   parser.add_option("-f", "--file",
>                     action="store", type="string", dest="file")
> 
> then the most recent option seen takes effect, and
>   options.file == "outfile2"
> 
> But if you did
> 
>   parser.add_option("-f", "--file",
>                     action="append", type="string", dest="file")
> 
> (note the different action), then all occurences of -f or --file build
> up, and
>   options.file == ["outfile1", "outfile2"]
> 
> In other words, you're free to define the Right Thing for your
> application, and Optik will Do The Right Thing.  That's why I used
> "flexible" in the description.

Oleg.
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