ref: 88ccea37f65b87312292b2b1a107c39927c6a2c3
dir: /sys/src/cmd/python/Doc/lib/required_2.py/
import optparse class Option (optparse.Option): ATTRS = optparse.Option.ATTRS + ['required'] def _check_required (self): if self.required and not self.takes_value(): raise OptionError( "required flag set for option that doesn't take a value", self) # Make sure _check_required() is called from the constructor! CHECK_METHODS = optparse.Option.CHECK_METHODS + [_check_required] def process (self, opt, value, values, parser): optparse.Option.process(self, opt, value, values, parser) parser.option_seen[self] = 1 class OptionParser (optparse.OptionParser): def _init_parsing_state (self): optparse.OptionParser._init_parsing_state(self) self.option_seen = {} def check_values (self, values, args): for option in self.option_list: if (isinstance(option, Option) and option.required and not self.option_seen.has_key(option)): self.error("%s not supplied" % option) return (values, args) parser = OptionParser(option_list=[ Option("-v", action="count", dest="verbose"), Option("-f", "--file", required=1)]) (options, args) = parser.parse_args() print "verbose:", options.verbose print "file:", options.file