Roel Schroeven writes:
> Avi Gross via Python-list schreef op 20/04/2021 om 1:56:
>> Sidestepping the wording of "options" is the very real fact that providing
>> names for even required parts can be helpful in many cases.
>
> Very true. It's very much like named arguments in Python function
Avi Gross via Python-list schreef op 20/04/2021 om 1:56:
Sidestepping the wording of "options" is the very real fact that providing
names for even required parts can be helpful in many cases.
Very true. It's very much like named arguments in Python function calls:
they help to document
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Sent: Monday, April 19, 2021 12:04 PM
To: Loris Bennett
Cc: Python List
Subject: Re: Current thinking on required options
On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 2:55 AM Loris Bennett
wrote:
> However, the options -o, -u, and -g are required, not optional.
>
> The docu
On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 12:36 PM Grant Edwards
wrote:
> On 2021-04-19, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 2:55 AM Loris Bennett <
> loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> >
> >> However, the options -o, -u, and -g are required, not optional.
> >>
> >> The documentation
> >>
> >>
On 2021-04-19, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 2:55 AM Loris Bennett
> wrote:
>
>> However, the options -o, -u, and -g are required, not optional.
>>
>> The documentation
>>
>> https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#required
>>
>> advises against required options and
On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 4:18 AM Bill Campbell wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021, Loris Bennett wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have various small programs which tend to have an interface like the
> >following example:
> >
> > usage: grocli [-h] [-o {check,add,delete}] [-u USERS [USERS ...]] [-g
> > GROUP]
On Mon, Apr 19, 2021, Loris Bennett wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have various small programs which tend to have an interface like the
>following example:
>
> usage: grocli [-h] [-o {check,add,delete}] [-u USERS [USERS ...]] [-g GROUP]
I would do this with the action is first argument.
Usage: grocli
On 2021-04-19 16:38:24 -, Jon Ribbens via Python-list wrote:
> On 2021-04-19, Paul Bryan wrote:
> > Calling them options—when they're required—seems like a problem.
>
> The option is what the value is, not whether there is a value at all.
> If you order a coffee then you may have an option
On 2021-04-19, Paul Bryan wrote:
> Calling them options—when they're required—seems like a problem.
The option is what the value is, not whether there is a value at all.
If you order a coffee then you may have an option as to what temperature
it is, that doesn't mean the coffee having a
I guess maybe it seems like a problem to someone who hasn't used command
line tools much, based solely on a simplistic interpretation of the
terminology.
But strictly speaking, they're "command line options", or better "command
line arguments", not "options".
On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 9:30 AM Paul
Calling them options—when they're required—seems like a problem.
On Mon, 2021-04-19 at 09:04 -0700, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 2:55 AM Loris Bennett
>
> wrote:
>
> > However, the options -o, -u, and -g are required, not optional.
> >
> > The documentation
> >
> >
On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 2:55 AM Loris Bennett
wrote:
> However, the options -o, -u, and -g are required, not optional.
>
> The documentation
>
> https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#required
>
> advises against required options and here
>
>
>
> On 19 Apr 2021, at 10:57, Loris Bennett wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have various small programs which tend to have an interface like the
> following example:
>
> usage: grocli [-h] [-o {check,add,delete}] [-u USERS [USERS ...]] [-g GROUP]
>
> Command line grouper tool
>
> optional
Gisle Vanem writes:
> Loris Bennett wrote:
>
>>usage: grocli [-h] [-o {check,add,delete}] [-u USERS [USERS ...]] [-g
>> GROUP]
>>
>>Command line grouper tool
>>
>>optional arguments:
>> -h, --helpshow this help message and exit
>> -o {check,add,delete},
On 19/04/2021 11:52, Loris Bennett wrote:
Hi,
I have various small programs which tend to have an interface like the
following example:
usage: grocli [-h] [-o {check,add,delete}] [-u USERS [USERS ...]] [-g GROUP]
Command line grouper tool
optional arguments:
-h, --help
Loris Bennett wrote:
usage: grocli [-h] [-o {check,add,delete}] [-u USERS [USERS ...]] [-g GROUP]
Command line grouper tool
optional arguments:
-h, --helpshow this help message and exit
-o {check,add,delete}, --operation {check,add,delete}
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