CVS style argument parsing?

[Josef Wolf]

Jeff Epler schrieb im Artikel <mailman.652.1090369306.5135.python-list at python.org>:

> Don't use OptionGroups for each command.  Instead, you'll have the
> OptionParser for the "main" arguments, and the option parser for each
> command.

I tried to do this before, and had exactly the problem you describe below.

> By using parser.disable_interspersed_args() you can make the parsing of
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> "-a b -c".split() handle "-a" and return "b -c".split() as the
> positional args.  Then, depending on what b is, send -c to a separate
> parser instance.

Aaaahhh, this was the bit of information I was missing.  Is it "legal" to
use this method?  It seems not to be documented in the library reference?

Thanks!

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