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Re: [argparse] mutually exclusive group with 2 sets of options

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On 5 August 2013 03:05, Francois Lafont <francois.lafont@nospam.invalid>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Up. ;-)
>
> Le 04/08/2013 04:10, Francois Lafont a écrit :
>
> > Is it possible with argparse to have this syntax for a script?
> >
> > my-script (-a -b VALUE-B | -c -d VALUE-D)
> >
> > I would like to do this with the argparse module.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> I have found this post:
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/argparse-users/exclusive/argparse-users/-o6GOwhCjbQ/m-PfL4OxLAIJ
>
> It was in 2011 and at that time, it was impossible to have the syntax
> above. I have the impression that it's impossible now yet. Am I wrong?
>
> If it's impossible yet, I could try a hack. With some checks, I think I
> could have the "(-a -b VALUE-B | -c -d VALUE-D)" behavior but I would like
> this syntax appear in the help output too and I have no idea to do it.


If possible you could try docopt. That should be able to do it quite easily.

You could write literally:

    My-Script

    Usage:
      my-script (-a -b VALUE-B | -c -d VALUE-D)

    Options:
      -b VALUE-B  Description
      -d VALUE-D  Description

as the grammar, but:

    My-Script

    Usage:
      my-script -a -b VALUE-B
      my-script -c -d VALUE-D

    Options:
      -b VALUE-B  Description
      -d VALUE-D  Description

would be preferred.

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[argparse] mutually exclusive group with 2 sets of options Francois Lafont <francois.lafont@nospam.invalid> - 2013-08-04 04:10 +0200
  Re: [argparse] mutually exclusive group with 2 sets of options Francois Lafont <francois.lafont@nospam.invalid> - 2013-08-05 04:05 +0200
    Re: [argparse] mutually exclusive group with 2 sets of options Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-05 04:53 +0100
  Re: [argparse] mutually exclusive group with 2 sets of options Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2013-08-05 07:11 -0700
    RE: [argparse] mutually exclusive group with 2 sets of options "Joseph L. Casale" <jcasale@activenetwerx.com> - 2013-08-05 17:11 +0000
    Re: [argparse] mutually exclusive group with 2 sets of options Francois Lafont <francois.lafont@nospam.invalid> - 2013-08-06 00:13 +0200
  Re: [argparse] mutually exclusive group with 2 sets of options Rafael Durán Castañeda <rafadurancastaneda@gmail.com> - 2013-08-05 22:01 +0200
    Re: [argparse] mutually exclusive group with 2 sets of options Francois Lafont <francois.lafont@nospam.invalid> - 2013-08-06 00:34 +0200
      Re: [argparse] mutually exclusive group with 2 sets of options Francois Lafont <francois.lafont@nospam.invalid> - 2013-08-07 01:18 +0200
        Re: [argparse] mutually exclusive group with 2 sets of options Francois Lafont <francois.lafont@nospam.invalid> - 2013-08-07 01:36 +0200
  RE: [argparse] mutually exclusive group with 2 sets of options "Joseph L. Casale" <jcasale@activenetwerx.com> - 2013-08-05 22:15 +0000

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