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Python Boilerplate

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""[application description here]"""

__appname__ = "[application name here]"
__author__  = "Stephan Sokolow (deitarion/SSokolow)"
__version__ = "0.0pre0"
__license__ = "GNU GPL 3.0 or later"

import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format='%(levelname)s: %(message)s')

# -- Code Here --

if __name__ == '__main__':
    from optparse import OptionParser
    parser = OptionParser(description=__doc__, version="%%prog v%s" % __version__)
    #parser.add_option('-v', '--verbose', action="store_true", dest="verbose",
    #    default=False, help="Increase verbosity")

    opts, args = parser.parse_args()

Any specific reason for using OptionParser instead of the more popular ArgParse?

Must be cause this post is old

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