Feature Requests item #1627266, was opened at 2007-01-03 13:46
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Category: Python Library
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Raghuram Devarakonda (draghuram)
Assigned to: Greg Ward (gward)
Summary: optparse "store" action should not gobble up next option
Initial Comment:
Hi,
Check the following code:
--------------opttest.py----------
from optparse import OptionParser
def process_options():
global options, args, parser
parser = OptionParser()
parser.add_option("--test", action="store_true")
parser.add_option("-m", metavar="COMMENT", dest="comment", default=None)
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
return
process_options()
print "comment (%r)" % options.comment
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$ ./opttest.py -m --test
comment ('--test')
I was expecting this to give an error as "--test" is an option. But it looks
like even C library's getopt() behaves similarly. It will be nice if optparse
can report error in this case.
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>Comment By: Raghuram Devarakonda (draghuram)
Date: 2007-01-05 12:58
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It is possible to deduce "--test" as an option because it is in the list
of options given to optparse. But your point about what if the user really
wants "--test" as an option argument is valid. I guess this request can be
closed.
Thanks,
Raghu.
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Comment By: David Goodger (goodger)
Date: 2007-01-05 11:28
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I think what you're asking for is ambiguous at best. In your example, how
could optparse possibly decide that the "--test" is a second option, not an
option argument? What if you *do* want "--test" as an argument?
Assigning to Greg Ward. Recommend closing as invalid.
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Comment By: Raghuram Devarakonda (draghuram)
Date: 2007-01-05 10:19
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I am attaching the code fragment as a file since the indentation got all
messed up in the original post.
File Added: opttest.py
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