Empty lines do not break options sections. #339
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There are several reasons why an options section can be split by an
empty line, among them are:
- logically grouping;
- aesthetic reasons.
Such style is used, for example, in `man` program.
An example:
Options:
--before-empty-lines An option before empty lines.
--after-empty-lines An option after empty lines.
| )* | ||
| )$ # The section ends at the end of a line. | ||
| '''.format(name), | ||
| re.IGNORECASE | re.MULTILINE | re.VERBOSE) |
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[^\n] were replaced with just . because according to the Regular Expression Syntax:
(Dot.) In the default mode, this matches any character except a newline.
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It looks like the checks have failed because of python version. The tests are passed on my machine with Python 2.7.10. Should I add a support of older version of Python (at least 2.6.9, I presume)? By the way, there was a deprecation note:
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As far as I can see, support of Python 2.5 was dropped two years ago in 6879155. I have no idea about plans to support 2.6. |
The proposed changes for docopt can be found in the pull request [339](docopt/docopt#339).
There are several reasons why an options section can be split by an
empty line, among them are:
Such style is used, for example, in
manprogram.An example: