36. Superseded Modules

The modules described in this chapter are deprecated and only kept for backwards compatibility. They have been superseded by other modules.

• 36.1. optparse — Parser for command line options
  • 36.1.1. Background
    • 36.1.1.1. Terminology
    • 36.1.1.2. What are options for?
    • 36.1.1.3. What are positional arguments for?
  • 36.1.2. Tutorial
    • 36.1.2.1. Understanding option actions
    • 36.1.2.2. The store action
    • 36.1.2.3. Handling boolean (flag) options
    • 36.1.2.4. Other actions
    • 36.1.2.5. Default values
    • 36.1.2.6. Generating help
      • 36.1.2.6.1. Grouping Options
    • 36.1.2.7. Printing a version string
    • 36.1.2.8. How optparse handles errors
    • 36.1.2.9. Putting it all together
  • 36.1.3. Reference Guide
    • 36.1.3.1. Creating the parser
    • 36.1.3.2. Populating the parser
    • 36.1.3.3. Defining options
    • 36.1.3.4. Option attributes
    • 36.1.3.5. Standard option actions
    • 36.1.3.6. Standard option types
    • 36.1.3.7. Parsing arguments
    • 36.1.3.8. Querying and manipulating your option parser
    • 36.1.3.9. Conflicts between options
    • 36.1.3.10. Cleanup
    • 36.1.3.11. Other methods
  • 36.1.4. Option Callbacks
    • 36.1.4.1. Defining a callback option
    • 36.1.4.2. How callbacks are called
    • 36.1.4.3. Raising errors in a callback
    • 36.1.4.4. Callback example 1: trivial callback
    • 36.1.4.5. Callback example 2: check option order
    • 36.1.4.6. Callback example 3: check option order (generalized)
    • 36.1.4.7. Callback example 4: check arbitrary condition
    • 36.1.4.8. Callback example 5: fixed arguments
    • 36.1.4.9. Callback example 6: variable arguments
  • 36.1.5. Extending optparse
    • 36.1.5.1. Adding new types
    • 36.1.5.2. Adding new actions
• 36.2. imp — Access the import internals
  • 36.2.1. Examples