Retry:Question about optparse/OptionParser callback.

[Steven W. Orr]

I decided I could be more articulate. I hope this helps.

I'm writing a program that needs to process options. Due to the nature of
the program with its large number of commandline options, I would like to
write a callback to be set inside add_option.

Something like this:

parser.add_option("-b", action="callback", callback=optionhandlr, dest='b')

The Cookbook almost takes me there with a callback function that only
works for an option called b that takes no argument:

def optionhndlr(option, opt_str, value, parser):
if parser.values.b:
raise OptionValueError("can't use %s after -b" % opt_str)
setattr(parser.values, option.dest, 1)

but warns that "it needs a bit of work: the error message and the flag
that it sets must be generalized". I do need to do my option processing in
an option processor with many options and I'd both like to do it in one
method (if possible) and learn a trick or two while I'm at it. Is it
possible to have a single callback that could be used in the general case?

All I need is to be taught how to fish...

TIA

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steveo at syslang.net

 

[James Stroud]

I decided I could be more articulate. I hope this helps.

I'm writing a program that needs to process options. Due to the nature
of the program with its large number of commandline options, I would
like to write a callback to be set inside add_option.

Something like this:

parser.add_option("-b", action="callback", callback=optionhandlr, dest='b')

The Cookbook almost takes me there with a callback function that only
works for an option called b that takes no argument:

def optionhndlr(option, opt_str, value, parser):
if parser.values.b:
raise OptionValueError("can't use %s after -b" % opt_str)
setattr(parser.values, option.dest, 1)

but warns that "it needs a bit of work: the error message and the flag
that it sets must be generalized". I do need to do my option processing
in an option processor with many options and I'd both like to do it in
one method (if possible) and learn a trick or two while I'm at it. Is it
possible to have a single callback that could be used in the general case?

All I need is to be taught how to fish...

TIA

--
Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things
have .0.
happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say
Organ ..0
Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are
all- 000
individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question?
steveo at syslang.net

If I understand your question, you are already half way there:

def optionhndlr(option, opt_str, value, parser):
if getattr(parser.values, option.dest):
msg = "can't use %s afer -%s" % (opt_str, option.dest)
raise OptionValueError, msg
setattr(parser.values, option.dest, 1)

James

 

[Peter Otten]

I decided I could be more articulate. I hope this helps.

In case James did not guess right: try to provide more details about /what/
you want to achieve rather than /how/ you want to get there.
And please don't open a third thread for it.

Peter

 

[Steven Bethard]

I'm writing a program that needs to process options. Due to the nature
of the program with its large number of commandline options, I would
like to write a callback to be set inside add_option.

Something like this:

parser.add_option("-b", action="callback", callback=optionhandlr, dest='b')

What do you want your callback to do? Actually, a better question is,
what do you want to happen when the user specifies "-b" at the command line?

STeVe