James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I would like to know your thoughts on a proposed change to optparse
> that I have planned. It is possible to add default values to
> multiple options using the set_defaults. However, when adding
> descriptions to options the developer has to specify it in ea
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 9:02 PM, James Nicolson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perhaps it is better to keep descriptions short and store longer
> descriptions elsewhere, but there are many programs that have long
> descriptions, for example try: ls --help (at least on my machine a lot
> of these desc
On 2008-09-18, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:07:45 -0500, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
>> While we're making suggestions, I've always wished that the --help
>> output displayed the default values for options in addition to the help
>> text specified by the u
On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:07:45 -0500, Grant Edwards wrote:
> While we're making suggestions, I've always wished that the --help
> output displayed the default values for options in addition to the help
> text specified by the user. I end up having to enter the default values
> twice -- once as a ke
Grant Edwards wrote:
While we're making suggestions, I've always wished that the
--help output displayed the default values for options in
addition to the help text specified by the user. I end up
having to enter the default values twice -- once as a keyword
argument and again in the help text.
While we're making suggestions, I've always wished that the
--help output displayed the default values for options in
addition to the help text specified by the user. I end up
having to enter the default values twice -- once as a keyword
argument and again in the help text. Then later when I deci
On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:37:54 -0700, James wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know your thoughts on a proposed change to optparse that
> I have planned. It is possible to add default values to multiple options
> using the set_defaults. However, when adding descriptions to options the
> developer has
James Mills wrote:
As you can see (as long as you're
reading this in fixed-width fonts)
it _is_ very readable.
given that it only relies on indentation from the left margin, it's no
less readable in a proportional font (unless you're using an font with
variable-width spaces, that is ;-).
Perhaps it is better to keep descriptions short and store longer
descriptions elsewhere, but there are many programs that have long
descriptions, for example try: ls --help (at least on my machine a lot
of these descriptions are quite long).
2008/9/18 James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi James,
>
Hi James,
I can't say I really agree with your
proposal. I tend to keep the help
descriptions of my options short
and concise and to the point.
Also, one must use the language's
features (indentation) to your advantage,
as doing so ensure readability.
For example (from my bhimport tool):
def p
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