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[Python-Dev] argparse ugliness

[Python-Dev] argparse ugliness [Python-Dev] argparse uglinessNeal Becker ndbecker2 at gmail.com
Sun Mar 7 13:29:25 CET 2010
Brian Curtin wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:51, Neal Becker <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I generally enjoy argparse, but one thing I find rather
>> ugly and unpythonic.
>>
>>    parser.add_argument ('--plot', action='store_true')
>>
>> Specifying the argument 'action' as a string is IMO ugly.
>>
> 
> What else would you propose?
> FWIW, this is the same in optparse.

I would have thought use the object itself, instead of a string that spells 
the object's name.

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