Function _parse_args

Lib/platform.py:1400–1424

(args: list[str] | None)

### Command line interface

def _parse_args(args: list[str] | None):
    import argparse

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(color=True)
    parser.add_argument("args", nargs="*", choices=["nonaliased", "terse"])
    parser.add_argument(
        "--terse",
        action="store_true",
        help=(
            "return only the absolute minimum information needed "
            "to identify the platform"
        ),
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--nonaliased",
        dest="aliased",
        action="store_false",
        help=(
            "disable system/OS name aliasing. If aliasing is enabled, "
            "some platforms report system names different from "
            "their common names, e.g. SunOS is reported as Solaris"
        ),
    )

    return parser.parse_args(args)


def _main(args: list[str] | None = None):