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Diffstat (limited to 'src/mailman/bin/mailman.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/mailman/bin/mailman.py | 42 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/src/mailman/bin/mailman.py b/src/mailman/bin/mailman.py index f9163610b..7a443e9d6 100644 --- a/src/mailman/bin/mailman.py +++ b/src/mailman/bin/mailman.py @@ -17,15 +17,11 @@ """The 'mailman' command dispatcher.""" -__all__ = [ - 'main', - ] - - import os import argparse from functools import cmp_to_key +from mailman import public from mailman.core.i18n import _ from mailman.core.initialize import initialize from mailman.interfaces.command import ICLISubCommand @@ -34,7 +30,24 @@ from mailman.version import MAILMAN_VERSION_FULL from zope.interface.verify import verifyObject - +# --help should display the subcommands by alphabetical order, except that +# 'mailman help' should be first. +def _help_sorter(command, other): + """Sorting helper.""" + if command.name == 'help': + return -1 + elif other.name == 'help': + return 1 + elif command.name < other.name: + return -1 + elif command.name == other.name: + return 0 + else: + assert command.name > other.name + return 1 + + +@public def main(): """The `mailman` command dispatcher.""" # Create the basic parser and add all globally common options. @@ -66,22 +79,7 @@ def main(): command = command_class() verifyObject(ICLISubCommand, command) subcommands.append(command) - # --help should display the subcommands by alphabetical order, except that - # 'mailman help' should be first. - def sort_function(command, other): - """Sorting helper.""" - if command.name == 'help': - return -1 - elif other.name == 'help': - return 1 - elif command.name < other.name: - return -1 - elif command.name == other.name: - return 0 - else: - assert command.name > other.name - return 1 - subcommands.sort(key=cmp_to_key(sort_function)) + subcommands.sort(key=cmp_to_key(_help_sorter)) for command in subcommands: command_parser = subparser.add_parser( command.name, help=_(command.__doc__)) |