New submission from Jak:
The getopt library has, what I assume is, some unexpected behaviour when adding
extra text to command line parameter that getopt expects as a flag.
Using input parameters a, b and c as an example below, where a and b both take
values and c is a flag.
Example code:
options, remainders = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "a:b:c")
Normal output is given when you supply sensible values for a, b and c:
Input: -a value1 -b value2 -c
Output: [('-a', 'value1'), ('-b', 'value2'), ('-c', '')]
Unexpected output happens when you give extra text after the '-c' that begins
with a letter matching that of a previous parameter:
Input -a value1 -b value2 -cbanana
Output: [('-a', 'value1'), ('-b', 'value2'), ('-c', ''), ('-b', 'anana')]
Looping through the output variables, as most example programs do, results in
the value for '-b' being over-written.
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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 246153
nosy: Jak
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Getopt overwrites variables unexpectedly
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.4
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