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birkenfeld · birkenfeld · commit f3532df23648 · 2009-04-27T16:41:41.000Z
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk ........ r71540 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-12 22:30:53 +0200 (So, 12 Apr 2009) | 1 line #5719: add short usage example to optparse docstring. ........ r71563 | georg.brandl | 2009-04-13 14:36:18 +0200 (Mo, 13 Apr 2009) | 1 line Simplify markup. ........
diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
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diff --git a/Lib/optparse.py b/Lib/optparse.py
@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@
 
 For support, use the optik-users@lists.sourceforge.net mailing list
 (http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/optik-users).
+
+Simple usage example:
+
+   from optparse import OptionParser
+
+   parser = OptionParser()
+   parser.add_option("-f", "--file", dest="filename",
+                     help="write report to FILE", metavar="FILE")
+   parser.add_option("-q", "--quiet",
+                     action="store_false", dest="verbose", default=True,
+                     help="don't print status messages to stdout")
+
+   (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 """
 
 __version__ = "1.5.3"

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