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Author Charlie.Dimino
Recipients Charlie.Dimino, docs@python
Date 2013-01-04.16:37:44
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Content
http://docs.python.org/2/howto/argparse.html

Error message in the first example is outdated, may indicate further out of date information on page.

Example:

The tutorial says:
prog.py: error: the following arguments are required: echo

When the actual error received is:
prog.py: error: too few arguments
History
Date User Action Args
2013-01-04 16:37:44Charlie.Diminosetrecipients: + Charlie.Dimino, docs@python
2013-01-04 16:37:44Charlie.Diminosetmessageid: <1357317464.45.0.840404790237.issue16863@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2013-01-04 16:37:44Charlie.Diminolinkissue16863 messages
2013-01-04 16:37:44Charlie.Diminocreate