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#10423: clarify options vs args in argparse discussion of optparse 

Patch by Sandro Tosi.
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R David Murray 2012-03-30 18:09:07 -04:00
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@ -1826,9 +1826,10 @@ A partial upgrade path from :mod:`optparse` to :mod:`argparse`:
* Replace all :meth:`optparse.OptionParser.add_option` calls with
:meth:`ArgumentParser.add_argument` calls.
* Replace ``options, args = parser.parse_args()`` with ``args =
* Replace ``(options, args) = parser.parse_args()`` with ``args =
parser.parse_args()`` and add additional :meth:`ArgumentParser.add_argument`
calls for the positional arguments.
calls for the positional arguments. Keep in mind that what was previously
called ``options``, now in :mod:`argparse` context is called ``args``.
* Replace callback actions and the ``callback_*`` keyword arguments with
``type`` or ``action`` arguments.