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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:43:16 +1100
Subject: Re: CLI framework using python
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On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 12:33 AM, vijnaana bhairava <vijnaana@gmail.com> wrote:
> Another question i have is whether it uses argparse?
> If so, what value add does PYCLI do?

It depends what you mean by "CLI framework". If you simply mean
something like hg, where you have subcommands and options and so on,
all you really need is argument parsing. Take the simplest possible
solution and run with it!

ChrisA