[Python-bugs-list] [Bug #116397] Python takes cmd line options after module name for itself

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Bug #116397, was updated on 2000-Oct-09 00:31
Here is a current snapshot of the bug.

Project: Python
Category: Core
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Bug Group: None
Priority: 5
Summary: Python takes cmd line options after module name for itself

Details: Let the file foo.py be:

import sys
print sys.argv

Here is the behavior for version 1.6:

$ python1.6 foo.py 
['foo.py']
$ python1.6 foo.py john doe
['foo.py', 'john', 'doe']
$ python1.6 foo.py john doe -o /dev/null 
[... long insult message to say that Python does not recognize the "-o" option ...]
$ python1.6 foo.py -- john doe -o /dev/null 
['foo.py', 'john', 'doe', '-o', '/dev/null']
           ^-- NOTE: an argument WAS stripped

And that was the behavior for version 1.5.2:

$ python1.5 foo.py 
['foo.py']
$ python1.5 foo.py john doe
['foo.py', 'john', 'doe']
$ python1.5 foo.py john doe -o /dev/null 
['foo.py', 'john', 'doe', '-o', '/dev/null']
$ python1.5 foo.py -- john doe -o /dev/null 
['foo.py', '--', 'john', 'doe', '-o', '/dev/null']
           ^-- NOTE: argument NOT stripped


The manual page says:
    python [options] script [script args]

so strictly speaking this is a bug since arguments starting with '-' are located AFTER the script argument, as specified in the manual page.

Is the bug in Python or the manual page ? (in the latter case this means a change in the command line syntax, and we will have to make scripts that distinguish Python versions when we want to make commands that accept options)


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http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=116397&group_id=5470