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  r71540 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-12 22:30:53 +0200 (So, 12 Apr 2009) | 1 line

  #5719: add short usage example to optparse docstring.
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  r71563 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-13 14:36:18 +0200 (Mo, 13 Apr 2009) | 1 line

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Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
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 .. _compound:
 
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Lib/optparse.py

@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ Originally distributed as Optik.
 
 For support, use the optik-users@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list
 (http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/optik-users).
+
+Simple usage example:
+
+   from optparse import OptionParser
+
+   parser = OptionParser()
+   parser.add_option("-f", "--file", dest="filename",
+                     help="write report to FILE", metavar="FILE")
+   parser.add_option("-q", "--quiet",
+                     action="store_false", dest="verbose", default=True,
+                     help="don't print status messages to stdout")
+
+   (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 """
 
 __version__ = "1.5.3"