re - I can never remember the difference between
search() and match()timeit - I haven't actually used it that often, but find the API a little weird. Why do I pass the text of the code to time, instead of a callable like a function or method?
optparse - It's not very object oriented. Why do I give a name for the action, instead of instantiating different types of option handlers for different behaviors?
logging - There are so many options. It has great potential, but I always have to look for an example to get a basic configuration setup.
bisect - Why isn't this handled as a method of
list? Something like insert_sorted()?distutils - Don't even get me started.
What are yours?
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""" distutils - dont even get me started """
hahaha... +1
oh.. and ConfigParser. I always need to subclass it.
+1 on timeit - pass text of the code around? That's just odd.
-1 on re. I really like the code there, and I don't share your confusion.
+1 on timeit and distutils These are modules that I want to use more, but every time I am discouraged by the interface.
When I pass the barrier of simple 'if argv[1] == "-t"' I go directly to optparse (there also reading the docs) instead of getopt.
I disagree regarding logging and optparse though. I think the reason that I need the documentation every time is that I don't use them as frequently as other modules.
optparse bugs me too.
I'm writing a CLI app which takes a pretty flexible set of parameters and it'd have been a lo easier if one could just iterate over the stored options dorectly. I know you can do it if youexpose the __dict__ but isn't it more natural to just go:
for i in options:
# do something
@chris - I have subclassed ConfigParser, but I don't always. What sorts of subclasses do you create?
@josef - Maybe you should look at getopt? I know optparse is the newer way, but it sounds like the getopt API might work better for what you're doing.
Doug: See UnhosedConfigParser in this module ;-)
@Chris - Ah, yes, providing a default for get() is one of the things I've added, too. Maybe we should submit a patch to the standard library?
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