[stdlib-sig] Breaking out the stdlib

[Michael Foord]

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> [snip...]
>>> Replacing prefectly fine working code just for the fun of it, does
>>> not count much as argument for evolving the stdlib.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> Unless you are attacking a complete strawman, which is unhelpful and
>> pointless so please refrain, can you point out who is suggesting
>> replacing working code "just for the fun of it"?
>>     
>
> Just have a look at the various arguments for adding argparse to the
> stdlib with the intention of replacing optparse and getopt.
>
> On one hand you have this new API which is not compatible with optparse:
>
> http://argparse.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/doc/argparse-vs-optparse.html#upgrading-optparse-code
>
> On the other you have a rather short list of features that make
> argparse different from optparse:
>
> http://argparse.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/doc/argparse-vs-optparse.html
>
> and the fact that argparse has been in the wild for 4.5 months.
>   

Here's an email from 2007 asking when it will be in the standard library:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2007-January/592646.html


Michael

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