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authorR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2011-05-04 21:05:52 -0400
committerR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2011-05-04 21:05:52 -0400
commit23078f32ebe64c9e0f58c92cc98d6e957c9aa4d3 (patch)
tree880b8317d292a0198ab12929d5b6e9e61d467f71
parentcda8be2816890a66990b0b2351214ef192571ef9 (diff)
downloadcpython-23078f32ebe64c9e0f58c92cc98d6e957c9aa4d3.tar.gz
#8158: add missing 'description' description to optparse docstring.
-rw-r--r--Lib/optparse.py5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/optparse.py b/Lib/optparse.py
index 87d7737423..731a2bb5ed 100644
--- a/Lib/optparse.py
+++ b/Lib/optparse.py
@@ -1131,6 +1131,11 @@ class OptionParser (OptionContainer):
prog : string
the name of the current program (to override
os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])).
+ description : string
+ A paragraph of text giving a brief overview of your program.
+ optparse reformats this paragraph to fit the current terminal
+ width and prints it when the user requests help (after usage,
+ but before the list of options).
epilog : string
paragraph of help text to print after option help