optparse option prefix

[Mathias Waack]

We've integrated python into a legacy application. Everything works fine (of
course because its python;). There's only one small problem: the
application reads the commandline and consumes all arguments prefixed with
a '-' sign. Thus its not possible to call a python module from the
commandline with a parameter list containing options prefixed by '-'
or '--' signs. Thats not a major problem, but it prevents us from using th
optparse module. Is there a way to change to prefix, so one could use a '+'
(for instance) to mark command line options for optparse?

Regards
        Mathias