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1 files changed, 36 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/fancy_getopt.py b/Lib/distutils/fancy_getopt.py
index cfebab4..629da29 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/fancy_getopt.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/fancy_getopt.py
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ class FancyGetopt:
if self.option_table:
self._build_index()
+ # 'alias' records (duh) alias options; {'foo': 'bar'} means
+ # --foo is an alias for --bar
+ self.alias = {}
+
# 'negative_alias' keeps track of options that are the boolean
# opposite of some other option
self.negative_alias = {}
@@ -118,23 +122,29 @@ class FancyGetopt:
return string.translate (long_option, longopt_xlate)
+ def _check_alias_dict (self, aliases, what):
+ assert type(aliases) is DictionaryType
+ for (alias, opt) in aliases.items():
+ if not self.option_index.has_key(alias):
+ raise DistutilsGetoptError, \
+ ("invalid %s '%s': "
+ "option '%s' not defined") % (what, alias, alias)
+ if not self.option_index.has_key(opt):
+ raise DistutilsGetoptError, \
+ ("invalid %s '%s': "
+ "aliased option '%s' not defined") % (what, alias, opt)
+
+ def set_aliases (self, alias):
+ """Set the aliases for this option parser."""
+ self._check_alias_dict (alias, "alias")
+ self.alias = alias
+
def set_negative_aliases (self, negative_alias):
"""Set the negative aliases for this option parser.
'negative_alias' should be a dictionary mapping option names to
option names, both the key and value must already be defined
in the option table."""
-
- assert type(negative_alias) is DictionaryType
- for (negopt, opt) in negative_alias.items():
- if not self.option_index.has_key(negopt):
- raise DistutilsGetoptError, \
- ("invalid negative alias '%s': "
- "option '%s' not defined") % (negopt, negopt)
- if not self.option_index.has_key(opt):
- raise DistutilsGetoptError, \
- ("invalid negative alias '%s': "
- "aliased option '%s' not defined") % (negopt, opt)
-
+ self._check_alias_dict (negative_alias, "negative alias")
self.negative_alias = negative_alias
@@ -186,6 +196,16 @@ class FancyGetopt:
else:
self.takes_arg[long] = 0
+ # If this is an alias option, make sure its "takes arg" flag is
+ # the same as the option it's aliased to.
+ alias_to = self.alias.get(long)
+ if alias_to is not None:
+ if self.takes_arg[long] != self.takes_arg[alias_to]:
+ raise DistutilsGetoptError, \
+ ("invalid alias '%s': inconsistent with "
+ "aliased option '%s' (one of them takes a value, "
+ "the other doesn't") % (long, alias_to)
+
# Now enforce some bondage on the long option name, so we can
# later translate it to an attribute name on some object. Have
@@ -243,6 +263,10 @@ class FancyGetopt:
raise DistutilsInternalError, \
"this can't happen: bad option string '%s'" % opt
+ alias = self.alias.get(opt)
+ if alias:
+ opt = alias
+
if not self.takes_arg[opt]: # boolean option?
if val != '': # shouldn't have a value!
raise DistutilsInternalError, \