Error in optparse documentation

Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch bj_666 at gmx.net
Mon May 28 03:19:23 EDT 2007


In <1180302882.090651.235860 at q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>, Shatadal
wrote:

> I think the documentation should be modified so that it is made clear
> that %default in the help string behaves as is claimed only in version
> 2.4 and higher.

Maybe something should be added for clarity but I don't think it's an
error in the docs.  You are reading documentation for Python 2.5 and
expect everything in it to work in older versions too?

Pick the right documentation from http://www.python.org/doc/versions/

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch



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