optparse bug?

[Skip Montanaro]

    Andres> script foo:

    Andres> <def some_function>
    Andres> <define some options with optparse functionality>

    Andres> script bar:

    Andres> from foo import some_function
    Andres> <define options for bar script>

    Andres> When I do ./bar --help I get foo's options!

Perhaps you expect foo to be executed standalone?  If so, wrap the script
init stuff in 

    if __name__ == "__main__":
        <define some options with optparse functionality>

That way you can run it standalone (when you do need optparse) and import it
as a module (when you don't need optparse).

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