https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/499dff16d54c2e73a289c69168bf848a56956ced commit: 499dff16d54c2e73a289c69168bf848a56956ced branch: main author: Stan Ulbrych <[email protected]> committer: StanFromIreland <[email protected]> date: 2026-09-26T10:06:19+01:00 summary:
Remove outdated information from `optparse` module docstring and docs (#157982) files: M Doc/library/optparse.rst M Lib/optparse.py diff --git a/Doc/library/optparse.rst b/Doc/library/optparse.rst index 09416f12ad45c2..df0f2a4df4db45 100644 --- a/Doc/library/optparse.rst +++ b/Doc/library/optparse.rst @@ -16,15 +16,12 @@ Choosing an argument parsing library The standard library includes three argument parsing libraries: * :mod:`getopt`: a module that closely mirrors the procedural C ``getopt`` API. - Included in the standard library since before the initial Python 1.0 release. * :mod:`!optparse`: a declarative replacement for ``getopt`` that provides equivalent functionality without requiring each application - to implement its own procedural option parsing logic. Included - in the standard library since the Python 2.3 release. + to implement its own procedural option parsing logic. * :mod:`argparse`: a more opinionated alternative to ``optparse`` that provides more functionality by default, at the expense of reduced application - flexibility in controlling exactly how arguments are processed. Included in - the standard library since the Python 2.7 and Python 3.2 releases. + flexibility in controlling exactly how arguments are processed. In the absence of more specific argument parsing design constraints, :mod:`argparse` is the recommended choice for implementing command line applications, as it offers diff --git a/Lib/optparse.py b/Lib/optparse.py index ae6737a3d13942..70ca3b38b021a5 100644 --- a/Lib/optparse.py +++ b/Lib/optparse.py @@ -1,12 +1,5 @@ """A powerful, extensible, and easy-to-use option parser. -By Greg Ward <[email protected]> - -Originally distributed as Optik. - -For support, use the [email protected] mailing list -(http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/optik-users). - Simple usage example: from optparse import OptionParser _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: [email protected]
