bpo-23596: Use argparse for the command line of gzip (GH-9781)

Co-authored-by: Antony Lee <anntzer.lee@gmail.com>

Lib/gzip.py

@@ -532,18 +532,17 @@ def decompress(data):
         return f.read()
 
 
-def _test():
+def main():
-    # Act like gzip; with -d, act like gunzip.
+    from argparse import ArgumentParser
-    # The input file is not deleted, however, nor are any other gzip
+    parser = ArgumentParser(description=
-    # options or features supported.
+        "A simple command line interface for the gzip module: act like gzip, "
-    args = sys.argv[1:]
+        "but do not delete the input file.")
-    decompress = args and args[0] == "-d"
+    parser.add_argument("-d", "--decompress", action="store_true",
-    if decompress:
+                        help="act like gunzip instead of gzip")
-        args = args[1:]
+    parser.add_argument("args", nargs="*", default=["-"], metavar='file')
-    if not args:
+    args = parser.parse_args()
-        args = ["-"]
+    for arg in args.args:
-    for arg in args:
+        if args.decompress:
-        if decompress:
             if arg == "-":
                 f = GzipFile(filename="", mode="rb", fileobj=sys.stdin.buffer)
                 g = sys.stdout.buffer
@@ -571,4 +570,4 @@ def _test():
             f.close()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    _test()
+    main()

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2018-10-09-23-51-07.bpo-23596.rdnert.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Use argparse for the command line of the gzip module. Patch by Antony Lee