From: Georg Brandl Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:39:10 +0000 (+0000) Subject: #2476: document that %default feature is new in 2.4. X-Git-Tag: v2.6a2~118 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=799b372f3174172b1c295bb9dec323a44a263cd8;p=python #2476: document that %default feature is new in 2.4. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/optparse.rst b/Doc/library/optparse.rst index 68b5709e98..d72e387a22 100644 --- a/Doc/library/optparse.rst +++ b/Doc/library/optparse.rst @@ -534,10 +534,11 @@ help message: description "write output to FILE". This is a simple but effective way to make your help text a lot clearer and more useful for end users. -* options that have a default value can include ``%default`` in the help - string---\ :mod:`optparse` will replace it with :func:`str` of the option's - default value. If an option has no default value (or the default value is - ``None``), ``%default`` expands to ``none``. +.. versionadded:: 2.4 + Options that have a default value can include ``%default`` in the help + string---\ :mod:`optparse` will replace it with :func:`str` of the option's + default value. If an option has no default value (or the default value is + ``None``), ``%default`` expands to ``none``. When dealing with many options, it is convenient to group these options for better help output. An :class:`OptionParser` can contain