sumanthvepaMay 17

It's probably a case of #bikesheding, but I've been really unhappy with the #python 's #argparse library for a while now. It's okay for run of the mill tools, but fails for more complex command line tools that have subcommands and complex options like --no-except to negate an option.

This is my first cut writing a command line parser for a #cli

https://github.com/sumanthvepa/experiments/tree/develop/python/parse-dralithus-cmdline

experiments/python/parse-dralithus-cmdline at develop · sumanthvepa/experiments

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Show threadTero Ykspetäjä
@sumanthvepa I’m definitely not saying do not build your own – sometimes you just got to scratch an itch! – but you might want to take a look at Click and Typer for inspiration.
May 17 at 8:12amWeb
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@tero Eventually, I'm fairly certain that one of the devs on my team will rip out my experimental code and replace it with one of these libraries. They have strong opinions and one of them seems to be to not let the boss's itches affect code base too much. 😃
Show threadTero YkspetäjäMay 17

@sumanthvepa That’s a very sensible stance!

Also, good bossing letting the devs replace your code with a properly maintained library!