getopt_long_only()

[s3a]

BPO	784231
Nosy	@loewis
Files	patch-longonly: patch for Lib/getopt.py patch-longonly: patching Lib/getopt.py & Doc/lib/libgetopt.tex

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closed_at = <Date 2008-01-25.20:19:12.039>
created_at = <Date 2003-08-06.15:25:03.000>
labels = ['library']
title = 'getopt_long_only()'
updated_at = <Date 2008-01-25.20:19:12.028>
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activity = <Date 2008-01-25.20:19:12.028>
actor = 'draghuram'
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closed_date = <Date 2008-01-25.20:19:12.039>
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[s3a]

A getopt_long_only() implementation for the `getopt'
module.

Note that it has one slight difference from the glibc
version, related to the -W' behavior, in that it _really_ treats -W foo' as --foo'; therefore, when foo' is not a valid long option, this is an error ---
rather than returning the option ('-W', 'foo') as
though W:' instead of W;' had been specified.

[jlgijsbers]

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I'm not sure we want to support this: our new option-parsing
library optparse rejects this behavior (see
http://python.org/doc/current/lib/optparse-terminology.html),
and our gnu_getopt wasn't intended to work exactly like
gnu_getopt (see http://python.org/sf/473512). On the other
hand, your patch seems to work well, although you should add
tests and a documentation patch.

[loewis]

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I see no harm in adding this function. However, the patch is
incomplete: it lacks changes to Doc/lib/libgetopt.tex. s3a,
can you please provide these changes?

[s3a]

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I shall add a doc/test patch (within some days).

[s3a]

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The patch now includes changes to Doc/lib/libgetopt.tex.

[draghuram]

I see no chance of this being accepted now that optparse is entrenched.
Please do reopen if some one thinks otherwise.