[issue13280] argparse should use the new Formatter class
paul j3 added the comment:
Thinking about https://bugs.python.org/issue34744, I realized that the new
style formatting could provide some added flexibility to the help lines.
I think new style formatting could be added in parallel with the existing
style, as an alternative, not as a replacement.
With that option a help line like:
'help for {dest} or {option_strings[0]} default is {default}'
could be used.
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[issue13280] argparse should use the new Formatter class
New submission from Patrick Westerhoff patrickwesterh...@gmail.com: Hey, according to PEP 3101, the new string.Formatter class is supposed to replace the old string formatting with %. At least that is what I was always thinking. Given that argparse is a Python 3.2+ exclusive module, I think it should make use of that new formatting method. Is there any special reason why that is not the case and the old %-formatting is used? It feels a bit weird to have Python 3 code using only string.Formatter and then have a short section where the old formatter is used – especially when that module was introduced with Python 3.2. -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 146516 nosy: poke priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: argparse should use the new Formatter class type: behavior versions: Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13280 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue13280] argparse should use the new Formatter class
Florent Xicluna florent.xicl...@gmail.com added the comment: Well argparse exists since 2006 (ref [1]), and should work on Python = 2.3 (ref [2]). It was merged in the standard library with Python 3.2. However, I agree we may switch to the advanced string formatting for this module. [1] http://objectmix.com/python/180879-%5Bann%5D-argparse-module.html [2] http://pypi.python.org/pypi/argparse#compatibility -- nosy: +flox priority: normal - low versions: -Python 3.2, Python 3.4 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13280 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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Raymond Hettinger raymond.hettin...@gmail.com added the comment: There's no reason to switch the implementation. The % formatting isn't going away and we've decided against doing switch-overs in existing code (it risks introducing bugs while conferring zero benefits to users). -- nosy: +rhettinger ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue13280 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
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