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authorÉric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org>2011-09-01 20:00:33 +0200
committerÉric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org>2011-09-01 20:00:33 +0200
commit3b371cfeb81acf571f8af9ff508acfd420b3ea8b (patch)
tree39c69da333458305aeaba191e0741629791d1c1f /Lib/compileall.py
parent29cf58c9d56ee488ab12ae0110baa900f36f6ec6 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-3b371cfeb81acf571f8af9ff508acfd420b3ea8b.tar.gz
#10454: a few edits to compileall help messages
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/compileall.py')
-rw-r--r--Lib/compileall.py14
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/compileall.py b/Lib/compileall.py
index 743be27664..d3cff6a98a 100644
--- a/Lib/compileall.py
+++ b/Lib/compileall.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def compile_path(skip_curdir=1, maxlevels=0, force=False, quiet=False,
Arguments (all optional):
- skip_curdir: if true, skip current directory (default true)
+ skip_curdir: if true, skip current directory (default True)
maxlevels: max recursion level (default 0)
force: as for compile_dir() (default False)
quiet: as for compile_dir() (default False)
@@ -177,17 +177,17 @@ def main():
help='use legacy (pre-PEP3147) compiled file locations')
parser.add_argument('-d', metavar='DESTDIR', dest='ddir', default=None,
help=('directory to prepend to file paths for use in '
- 'compile time tracebacks and in runtime '
+ 'compile-time tracebacks and in runtime '
'tracebacks in cases where the source file is '
'unavailable'))
parser.add_argument('-x', metavar='REGEXP', dest='rx', default=None,
- help=('skip files matching the regular expression. '
- 'The regexp is searched for in the full path '
- 'to each file considered for compilation.'))
+ help=('skip files matching the regular expression; '
+ 'the regexp is searched for in the full path '
+ 'of each file considered for compilation'))
parser.add_argument('-i', metavar='FILE', dest='flist',
help=('add all the files and directories listed in '
- 'FILE to the list considered for compilation. '
- 'If "-", names are read from stdin.'))
+ 'FILE to the list considered for compilation; '
+ 'if "-", names are read from stdin'))
parser.add_argument('compile_dest', metavar='FILE|DIR', nargs='*',
help=('zero or more file and directory names '
'to compile; if no arguments given, defaults '