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@@ -1238,8 +1238,9 @@ where the input parameters are
the list of arguments to process (default: ``sys.argv[1:]``)
``values``
- object to store option arguments in (default: a new instance of
- :class:`optparse.Values`)
+ a :class:`optparse.Values` object to store option arguments in (default: a
+ new instance of :class:`Values`) -- if you give an existing object, the
+ option defaults will not be initialized on it
and the return values are