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openedon Aug 2, 2024
Here's a MWE:
#!/usr/bin/env python
from fire import Fire
class Example:
def version(self):
return "bla"
def start(self):
print("starting")
def stop(self):
print("stopping")
Fire(Example)
Running this script without arguments shows the available commands - OK:
NAME
fire-bug.py
SYNOPSIS
fire-bug.py COMMAND
COMMANDS
COMMAND is one of the following:
start
stop
version
But the more common (and usually safe) thing to do when a user is being introduced a new command, is to run it with a --help
. However, Fire
doesn't behave the same for this argument:
INFO: Showing help with the command 'fire-bug.py -- --help'.
NAME
fire-bug.py
SYNOPSIS
fire-bug.py -
Unless you use --verbose
as well. Why is that? This is not trivial for a user to guess, and only reading the docs here led me to this conclusion. Plus, the docs don't mention how to make a class method a "public" method...
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