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Author	ncoghlan
Recipients	bethard, docs@python, ncoghlan
Date	2012-01-24.05:54:57
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Message-id	<[email protected]>
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With the current argparse docs, it's very hard to get a quick reminder of how to spell the various parameters for add_argument, and just what they do. This issue suggests adding a "Quick Reference" section for add_argument, with the following elements: 1. Summary table with a one line description of each parameter 2. Summary table with a one line description of each alternative for the "action" parameter (including noting which other parameters are potentially relevant, such as 'choices' and 'metavar' for 'store' and 'const' for 'store_const') 3. Summary table with a one line description of each alternative for the "nargs" parameter

With the current argparse docs, it's very hard to get a quick reminder of how to spell the various parameters for add_argument, and just what they do. This issue suggests adding a "Quick Reference" section for add_argument, with the following elements:

1. Summary table with a one line description of each parameter
2. Summary table with a one line description of each alternative for the "action" parameter (including noting which other parameters are potentially relevant, such as 'choices' and 'metavar' for 'store' and 'const' for 'store_const')
3. Summary table with a one line description of each alternative for the "nargs" parameter

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2012-01-24 05:54:58	ncoghlan	set	recipients: + ncoghlan, bethard, docs@python
2012-01-24 05:54:58	ncoghlan	set	messageid: <[email protected]>
2012-01-24 05:54:57	ncoghlan	link	issue13850 messages
2012-01-24 05:54:57	ncoghlan	create