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Diffstat (limited to 'cmd2/exceptions.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | cmd2/exceptions.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/cmd2/exceptions.py b/cmd2/exceptions.py index d0a922db..8a7fd81f 100644 --- a/cmd2/exceptions.py +++ b/cmd2/exceptions.py @@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ class SkipPostcommandHooks(Exception): class Cmd2ArgparseError(SkipPostcommandHooks): """ - A ``SkipPostcommandHooks`` exception for when a command fails parsing its arguments. - This is raised by argparse decorators but can also be raised by command functions. - If a command function still needs to run post command hooks when parsing fails, - just return instead of raising an exception. + A ``SkipPostcommandHooks`` exception for when a command fails to parse its arguments. + Normally argparse raises a SystemExit exception in these cases. To avoid stopping the command + loop, catch the SystemExit and raise this instead. If you still need to run post command hooks + after parsing fails, just return instead of raising an exception. """ pass |