[Python-Dev] Patch #473512

[Guido van Rossum]

> I'm ready to apply patch 473512 : getopt with GNU style scanning,
> which adds getopt.gnu_getopt.
> 
> Any objections?

Is there a point to adding more cruft to getopt.py now that we're
getting Greg Ward's Optik?

Also, I happen to hate GNU style getopt.  You may call me an old
fogey, but I think options should precede other arguments.

But other that, no objections.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)