[RFC] use optparse for option handling

[Ben Finney]

Aaron Bentley <aaron.bentley at utoronto.ca> writes:

> Here's a bundle that uses optparse as a backend.

Good move.

> (btw, is there a way to prevent that string from being interned?  I
> don't want false negatives from
> "if v is not OptionParser.DEFAULT_VALUE")

If you really want to check *identity*, use 'is' and 'is
not'. Otherwise, use '=' and '!='.

You'll get no false negatives from "if v != OptionParser.DEFAULT_VALUE".

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Ben Finney