[getopt-sig] A better name for Optik in the stdlib?

holger krekel hpk@trillke.net
Thu, 20 Jun 2002 11:06:36 +0200


[David Goodger Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 11:20:14PM -0400]
> Regarding the renaming of Optik for the Python standard library, I
> wrote:
> >> Then there's still some hope?  (I think the name "OptionParser.py"
> >> sucks, but I can live with it and won't push.)
> 
> Greg Ward replied:
> > Take it up on python-dev -- that's where the decision was made.
> 
> I like "options.py" better, but that didn't fly.  I don't have a
> better name right now.
> 
> Perhaps somebody else can come up with a good name?  Last chance!

maybe

    parseopt  

in reminiscense to getopt? 

    holger