On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 11:01 PM Ryan Gonzalez <rym...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I believe you want Python 3.7's parse_intermixed_args: > https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#argparse.ArgumentParser.parse_intermixed_args > > A quick test seems to work: > > > import argparse > > p = argparse.ArgumentParser() > p.add_argument('files', nargs='*') > p.add_argument('-f', '--force', action='store_true') > > print(p.parse_intermixed_args()) > > > $ python3 rm.py x -f y > Namespace(files=['x', 'y'], force=True) > $ > This is EXACTLY what I've been looking for. Looks like it was added in 2017 and release in 3.7. The box I use where I investigated this has 3.6 on it. Sigh, well at least I know it was a good idea! Thanks so much! > > > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2019, 9:50 PM brent bejot <brent.be...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> Aspiring contributor here. I am not at all certain that this is the >> right place to discuss this. Do refer me to a better location if I'm out >> of place. >> >> I would like to add a simple feature to the argparse library. I >> frequently find myself writing small utilities, stylistically similar to >> unix's "rm" whose main parameter(s) get bundled into a list and it doesn't >> matter if flags are sprinkled throughout. >> >> e.g. "rm foo.txt -f bar.txt" removes both foo.txt and bar.txt forcefully. >> >> Doing this in argparse currently is cumbersome at best (though I would be >> happy to be proved wrong on that), so I rarely implement it as a feature. >> >> Of note, calling parser.add_argument with nargs="..." or nargs="A..." or >> nargs="*" gets close, but will not allow you to intermix other flags >> between your list. >> >> I have a working modification of argparse.py that I could commit, but I >> know there's several steps between here and there - I just don't know what >> those steps are. >> >> Any direction would be very much appreciated. >> >> Thanks! >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ >> Message archived at >> https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/MPWEGVUQADXMTR27GPLX2GT2Z27LRZQU/ >> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >> >
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