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Docs: turn getopt examples into doctests #126377

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12 changes: 10 additions & 2 deletions Doc/library/getopt.rst
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Expand Up @@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ exception:

An example using only Unix style options:

.. doctest::

>>> import getopt
>>> args = '-a -b -cfoo -d bar a1 a2'.split()
>>> args
Expand All @@ -109,6 +111,8 @@ An example using only Unix style options:

Using long option names is equally easy:

.. doctest::

>>> s = '--condition=foo --testing --output-file abc.def -x a1 a2'
>>> args = s.split()
>>> args
Expand All @@ -120,7 +124,9 @@ Using long option names is equally easy:
>>> args
['a1', 'a2']

In a script, typical usage is something like this::
In a script, typical usage is something like this:

.. testcode::
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import getopt, sys

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main()

Note that an equivalent command line interface could be produced with less code
and more informative help and error messages by using the :mod:`argparse` module::
and more informative help and error messages by using the :mod:`argparse` module:

.. testcode::

import argparse

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