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576.21.4.8 Callback example 5: fixed arguments
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61Things get slightly more interesting when you define callback options
62that take a fixed number of arguments. Specifying that a callback
63option takes arguments is similar to defining a <code>store</code> or <code>append</code>
64option: if you define <tt class="member">type</tt>, then the option takes one argument that
65must be convertible to that type; if you further define <code>nargs</code>, then
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71def store_value(option, opt_str, value, parser):
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80Note that <tt class="module">optparse</tt> takes care of consuming 3 arguments and converting them
81to integers for you; all you have to do is store them. (Or whatever;
82obviously you don't need a callback for this example.)
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