Information about a command-line flag.
tf.compat.v1.flags.Flag(
parser, serializer, name, default, help_string, short_name=None, boolean=False,
allow_override=False, allow_override_cpp=False, allow_hide_cpp=False,
allow_overwrite=True, allow_using_method_names=False
)
'Flag' objects define the following fields: .name - the name for this flag; .default - the default value for this flag; .default_unparsed - the unparsed default value for this flag. .default_as_str - default value as repr'd string, e.g., "'true'" (or None); .value - the most recent parsed value of this flag; set by parse(); .help - a help string or None if no help is available; .short_name - the single letter alias for this flag (or None); .boolean - if 'true', this flag does not accept arguments; .present - true if this flag was parsed from command line flags; .parser - an ArgumentParser object; .serializer - an ArgumentSerializer object; .allow_override - the flag may be redefined without raising an error, and newly defined flag overrides the old one. .allow_override_cpp - use the flag from C++ if available; the flag definition is replaced by the C++ flag after init; .allow_hide_cpp - use the Python flag despite having a C++ flag with the same name (ignore the C++ flag); .using_default_value - the flag value has not been set by user; .allow_overwrite - the flag may be parsed more than once without raising an error, the last set value will be used; .allow_using_method_names - whether this flag can be defined even if it has a name that conflicts with a FlagValues method.
The only public method of a 'Flag' object is parse(), but it is typically only called by a 'FlagValues' object. The parse() method is a thin wrapper around the 'ArgumentParser' parse() method. The parsed value is saved in .value, and the .present attribute is updated. If this flag was already present, an Error is raised.
parse() is also called during init to parse the default value and initialize the .value attribute. This enables other python modules to safely use flags even if the main module neglects to parse the command line arguments. The .present attribute is cleared after init parsing. If the default value is set to None, then the init parsing step is skipped and the .value attribute is initialized to None.
Attributes | |
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value
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Methods
flag_type
flag_type()
Returns a str that describes the type of the flag.
parse
parse(
argument
)
Parses string and sets flag value.
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argument
|
str or the correct flag value type, argument to be parsed. |
serialize
serialize()
Serializes the flag.
unparse
unparse()
__eq__
__eq__(
other
)
Return self==value.
__ge__
__ge__(
other, NotImplemented=NotImplemented
)
Return a >= b. Computed by @total_ordering from (not a < b).
__gt__
__gt__(
other, NotImplemented=NotImplemented
)
Return a > b. Computed by @total_ordering from (not a < b) and (a != b).
__le__
__le__(
other, NotImplemented=NotImplemented
)
Return a <= b. Computed by @total_ordering from (a < b) or (a == b).
__lt__
__lt__(
other
)
Return self<value.