[ python-Bugs-1518621 ] optparse.parse_args() ret value seems to be a dict but isn't

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Bugs item #1518621, was opened at 2006-07-07 11:35
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: rhunger (rhunger)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: optparse.parse_args() ret value seems to be a dict but isn't

Initial Comment:
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from optparse import OptionParser
parser = OptionParser()
...
(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
print options
...

options seems to be a dict but isn't. So it's not possible to use e.g.

print "Option 1: %(firstOption)s" % options

Here it's easy to use "options.firstOption" but with a larger number of program options it would be nice to be able to use "options" as a dict directly.

(patch attached)

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