Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever?

From	Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever?
Date	2015-12-02 11:48 +0100
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Manolo Martínez wrote:

> On 12/02/15 at 08:33pm, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Manolo Martínez
>> > This... is true. I could have sworn that's not the way argparse behaved
>> > when I wrote that snippet, but I've been very wrong before about
>> > similar things. Anyway my main() function looks much better now :)
>> 
>> I would recommend not using argparse directly. Pick up a wrapper like
>> clize, and then define everything through docstrings.
>> 
>> Clize usage example:
>> https://github.com/Rosuav/LetMeKnow/blob/master/letmeknow.py
>> 
>> https://pypi.python.org/pypi/clize
> 
> I try to do as much as I can with standard library tools. As a user, I
> find it somewhat off-putting when a tiny project asks you to install any
> number of seemingly unrelated libraries. But clize does look like a good
> idea, thanks for the pointer.

Same here ;)

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Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-01 12:00 +1100
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Josef Pktd <josef.pktd@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 19:45 -0800
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 21:54 -0800
    Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-12-01 09:34 +0200
      Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-12-11 13:06 -0800
    Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-01 18:55 +1100
      Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 12:33 -0800
        Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-02 11:57 +1100
        Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 22:48 -0600
          Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-12-11 14:13 -0800
            Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-12 15:44 +1100
              Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-12-12 16:56 +1100
              Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-12-14 18:33 -0800
      Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-12-02 12:47 +1100
    Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2015-12-01 16:56 +0000
      Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 13:15 -0800
        Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? "Albert Visser" <albert.visser@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 19:08 +0100
    Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2015-12-02 13:14 +1300
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? eryk sun <eryksun@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 01:22 -0600
    Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-01 18:57 +1100
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Manolo Martínez <manolo@austrohungaro.com> - 2015-12-01 09:44 +0100
    Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-02 12:12 +1100
      Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-12-02 08:51 +0100
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-12-01 11:40 +0100
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Manolo Martínez <manolo@austrohungaro.com> - 2015-12-01 22:31 +0100
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-12-01 23:41 +0100
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? boB Stepp <robertvstepp@gmail.com> - 2015-12-01 20:20 -0600
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2015-12-01 23:46 -0800
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 10:22 +0200
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Manolo Martínez <manolo@austrohungaro.com> - 2015-12-02 10:09 +0100
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 20:28 +1100
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 20:33 +1100
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Manolo Martínez <manolo@austrohungaro.com> - 2015-12-02 10:40 +0100
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-12-02 11:48 +0100
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 22:02 +1100
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? eryk sun <eryksun@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 05:34 -0600
  Re: Is vars() the most useless Python built-in ever? Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> - 2015-12-04 10:42 +0200

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