[New-bugs-announce] [issue27619] getopt should strip whitespace from long arguments

[Steven D'Aprano]

New submission from Steven D'Aprano:

As reported here:

https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2016-July/711333.html

there's a possible annoyance with getopt when you accidentally leave whitespace on a long option. On my Centos system, getopt ignores leading and trailing whitespace on long options.

[steve at ando ~]$ getopt -o "" -l " spam , eggs " -- --spam --eggs arg
 --spam --eggs -- 'arg'


Python's getopt should do the same. (Patch attached.)

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components: Library (Lib)
files: getopt.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 271310
nosy: steven.daprano
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: getopt should strip whitespace from long arguments
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.6
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file43884/getopt.patch

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