[Be-devel] BE reorganization

[Tim Michelsen]

> How does this compare with argparse and PEP 389?
> 
> I completely understand that it's probably easier to split bzr's code off into
> a separate package that it would be to rewrite bzr to use argparse.  Still,
> I'm not sure the Python world needs another argument parsing and command
> processing library.
> 
> What are the strengths of bzr's code over argparse?
Do you also plan to add an interface for configuration parsing?

I currently use cfgparse
http://cfgparse.sourceforge.net/

See also:
* Pyopt - command-line options that are alot easier than optparse-
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/stdlib-sig/2009-September/000336.html
* should we try to add argparse?
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/stdlib-sig/2009-September/000342.html

Best regards,
Timmie