How do I print useful errors with getopt?

[gradha at iname.com]

Hi.

Coming from the C world, I got a try at the python getopt module. It works
nicely, but there are is something I miss: when the user supplies a wrong
switch combination, I miss getopt reporting the specific error. I can of
course catch getopt.error, but how can I print to the user what triggered
the error? Under C it was as easy as not touching opterr: the system would
then print the conflict in the appropiate localized text.

I am running Debian Potato with Python 1.5.2, if it's of any use to you.

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