argparse._ActionsContainer Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for argparse._ActionsContainer:

Public Member Functions
def	__init__
def	add_argument
def	add_argument_group
def	add_mutually_exclusive_group
def	register
def	set_defaults

Public Attributes
	argument_default
	conflict_handler
	description
	prefix_chars

Private Member Functions
def	_add_action
def	_add_container_actions
def	_check_conflict
def	_get_handler
def	_get_optional_kwargs
def	_get_positional_kwargs
def	_handle_conflict_error
def	_handle_conflict_resolve
def	_pop_action_class
def	_registry_get
def	_remove_action

Private Attributes
	_action_groups
	_actions
	_defaults
	_has_negative_number_optionals
	_mutually_exclusive_groups
	_negative_number_matcher
	_option_string_actions
	_registries

Detailed Description

Definition at line 1161 of file argparse.py.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

def argparse._ActionsContainer.__init__	(		self,
			description,
			prefix_chars,
			argument_default,
			conflict_handler
	)

Definition at line 1167 of file argparse.py.

                 conflict_handler):
        super(_ActionsContainer, self).__init__()

        self.description = description
        self.argument_default = argument_default
        self.prefix_chars = prefix_chars
        self.conflict_handler = conflict_handler

        # set up registries
        self._registries = {}

        # register actions
        self.register('action', None, _StoreAction)
        self.register('action', 'store', _StoreAction)
        self.register('action', 'store_const', _StoreConstAction)
        self.register('action', 'store_true', _StoreTrueAction)
        self.register('action', 'store_false', _StoreFalseAction)
        self.register('action', 'append', _AppendAction)
        self.register('action', 'append_const', _AppendConstAction)
        self.register('action', 'count', _CountAction)
        self.register('action', 'help', _HelpAction)
        self.register('action', 'version', _VersionAction)
        self.register('action', 'parsers', _SubParsersAction)

        # raise an exception if the conflict handler is invalid
        self._get_handler()

        # action storage
        self._actions = []
        self._option_string_actions = {}

        # groups
        self._action_groups = []
        self._mutually_exclusive_groups = []

        # defaults storage
        self._defaults = {}

        # determines whether an "option" looks like a negative number
        self._negative_number_matcher = _re.compile(r'^-\d+|-\d*.\d+$')

        # whether or not there are any optionals that look like negative
        # numbers -- uses a list so it can be shared and edited
        self._has_negative_number_optionals = []