Class OptionContainer

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Known Subclasses:

• OptionGroup
• , OptionParser

Abstract base class.

Class attributes:

standard_option_list : [Option]

list of standard options that will be accepted by all instances of this parser class (intended to be overridden by subclasses).

Instance attributes:

option_list : [Option]

the list of Option objects contained by this OptionContainer

_short_opt : { string : Option }

dictionary mapping short option strings, eg. "-f" or "-X", to the Option instances that implement them. If an Option has multiple short option strings, it will appears in this dictionary multiple times. [1]

_long_opt : { string : Option }

dictionary mapping long option strings, eg. "--file" or "--exclude", to the Option instances that implement them. Again, a given Option can occur multiple times in this dictionary. [1]

defaults : { string : any }

dictionary mapping option destination names to default values for each destination [1]

[1] These mappings are common to (shared by) all components of the

controlling OptionParser, where they are initially created.