[New-bugs-announce] [issue4810] timeit needs "official" '--' flag

[Skip Montanaro]

New submission from Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com>:

Consider this timeit run:

    % python -m timeit '-1.0e-3 < -0.0001 < 1.0e-3'
    option -1 not recognized
    use -h/--help for command line help

As it turns out this works:

    % python -m timeit -- '-1.0e-3 < -0.0001 < 1.0e-3'
    10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.192 usec per loop

but the output using the -h flag doesn't report it as a possibility.  It
probably should.

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messages: 78838
nosy: skip.montanaro
severity: normal
status: open
title: timeit needs "official" '--' flag

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