custom prefixes for `argparse.BooleanOptionalAction`
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Since Oct 23, 2024.
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Description
Feature or enhancement
Proposal:
At the moment, argparse.BooleanOptionalAction gives e.g. --foo vs --no-foo, whose prefix is hardcoded:
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/cd516cd1f5e94dba887353f421513fd172efadf3/Lib/argparse.py#L848
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/cd516cd1f5e94dba887353f421513fd172efadf3/Lib/argparse.py#L863
It would be beneficial if we can change the prefixes of the binary options: e.g. --enable- vs --disable- like autoconf.
usage: [-h] [--enable-foo | --disable-foo]
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--enable-foo, --disable-foo
helpstring for foo
Has this already been discussed elsewhere?
This is a minor feature, which does not need previous discussion elsewhere
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