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Re: Why is the argparse module so inflexible?

From Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Why is the argparse module so inflexible?
Date 2013-06-27 22:19 +0000
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On 2013-06-27, Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> wrote:

> He _is_ using cmd.  He's subclassed cmd.Cmd and trying to use
> argparse to handle argument parsing in the Cmd.precmd method to
> preprocess the user input.

[...]

> Having subclassed cmd.Cmd myself in one of my programs and written my
> own argument parsing class to service it, I can appreciate what the
> OP is trying to do (and it's clever IMO).

Unfortunately, when writing software, being "clever" turns out to be A
Bad Thing(tm) as often as not.  ;)

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Re: Why is the argparse module so inflexible? Jason Swails <jason.swails@gmail.com> - 2013-06-27 17:30 -0400
  Re: Why is the argparse module so inflexible? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-27 22:19 +0000
    Re: Why is the argparse module so inflexible? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-28 08:33 +1000

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