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Re: Spot the bug: getoptquestion.py

From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: Spot the bug: getoptquestion.py
Date 2016-07-04 23:42 +1000
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On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 10:38 PM, Oscar <jornws0718@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> But is this not at least a bit unexpected behaviour from getopt? On one
> hand, if I want to have trailing spaces in my longoptions, why not just
> play along and allow them? On the other hand, a space is a delimiter on
> the commandline. Does it make sense to allow it as a parameter to
> getopt()? And if getopt would silently strip it, would that be a bug?
>

This is really the crux of the matter. Honestly, I've no idea. The
getopt module is designed to match the C getopt function, which I've
never used; for my command-line parsing, I use argparse instead
(usually via some wrapper that cuts down the duplication, like clize).

ChrisA

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Re: Spot the bug: getoptquestion.py Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 21:36 +1000
  Re: Spot the bug: getoptquestion.py jornws0718@xs4all.nl (Oscar) - 2016-07-04 12:38 +0000
    Re: Spot the bug: getoptquestion.py Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-04 23:42 +1000
      Re: Spot the bug: getoptquestion.py Lawrence D’Oliveiro <lawrencedo99@gmail.com> - 2016-07-05 21:04 -0700
        Re: Spot the bug: getoptquestion.py Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-06 14:14 +1000
          Re: Spot the bug: getoptquestion.py jornws0718@xs4all.nl (Oscar) - 2016-07-07 11:30 +0000
            Re: Spot the bug: getoptquestion.py Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-07-07 22:12 +1000
              Re: Spot the bug: getoptquestion.py jornws0718@xs4all.nl (Oscar) - 2016-07-07 12:29 +0000
            Re: Spot the bug: getoptquestion.py Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-07-26 11:12 +1000

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