[issue13280] argparse should use the new Formatter class

2018-09-29 Thread paul j3
paul j3 added the comment: Thinking about https://bugs.python.org/issue34744, I realized that the new style formatting could provide some added flexibility to the help lines. I think new style formatting could be added in parallel with the existing style, as an alternative, not as a replacem

[issue13280] argparse should use the new Formatter class

2013-08-08 Thread paul j3
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[issue13280] argparse should use the new Formatter class

2011-10-29 Thread Raymond Hettinger
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[issue13280] argparse should use the new Formatter class

2011-10-27 Thread Petri Lehtinen
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[issue13280] argparse should use the new Formatter class

2011-10-27 Thread Raymond Hettinger
Raymond Hettinger added the comment: There's no reason to switch the implementation. The % formatting isn't going away and we've decided against doing switch-overs in existing code (it risks introducing bugs while conferring zero benefits to users). -- nosy: +rhettinger

[issue13280] argparse should use the new Formatter class

2011-10-27 Thread Florent Xicluna
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[issue13280] argparse should use the new Formatter class

2011-10-27 Thread Florent Xicluna
Florent Xicluna added the comment: Well argparse exists since 2006 (ref [1]), and "should work on Python >= 2.3" (ref [2]). It was merged in the standard library with Python 3.2. However, I agree we may switch to the advanced string formatting for this module. [1] http://objectmix.com/pytho

[issue13280] argparse should use the new Formatter class

2011-10-27 Thread Patrick Westerhoff
New submission from Patrick Westerhoff : Hey, according to PEP 3101, the new string.Formatter class is supposed to replace the old string formatting with %. At least that is what I was always thinking. Given that argparse is a Python 3.2+ exclusive module, I think it should make use of that n