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diff --git a/Lib/getopt.py b/Lib/getopt.py
index 31b1fc8..b5fdaed 100644
--- a/Lib/getopt.py
+++ b/Lib/getopt.py
@@ -7,15 +7,33 @@ and `--'). Long options similar to those supported by GNU software
may be used as well via an optional third argument. This module
provides a single function and an exception:
+Gerrit Holl <gerrit@nl.linux.org> moved the string-based exceptions
+to class-based exceptions.
+
getopt() -- Parse command line options
-error -- Exception (string) raised when bad options are found
+GetoptError -- exception (class) raised with 'opt' attribute, which is the
+option involved with the exception.
"""
# Long option support added by Lars Wirzenius <liw@iki.fi>.
import string
-error = 'getopt.error'
+class GetoptError(Exception):
+ opt = ''
+ msg = ''
+ def __init__(self, *args):
+ self.args = args
+ if len(args) == 1:
+ self.msg = args[0]
+ elif len(args) == 2:
+ self.msg = args[0]
+ self.opt = args[1]
+
+ def __str__(self):
+ return self.msg
+
+error = GetoptError # backward compatibility
def getopt(args, shortopts, longopts = []):
"""getopt(args, options[, long_options]) -> opts, args
@@ -72,10 +90,10 @@ def do_longs(opts, opt, longopts, args):
if has_arg:
if optarg is None:
if not args:
- raise error, 'option --%s requires argument' % opt
+ raise GetoptError('option --%s requires argument' % opt, opt)
optarg, args = args[0], args[1:]
elif optarg:
- raise error, 'option --%s must not have an argument' % opt
+ raise GetoptError('option --%s must not have an argument' % opt, opt)
opts.append(('--' + opt, optarg or ''))
return opts, args
@@ -90,11 +108,11 @@ def long_has_args(opt, longopts):
continue
if y != '' and y != '=' and i+1 < len(longopts):
if opt == longopts[i+1][:optlen]:
- raise error, 'option --%s not a unique prefix' % opt
+ raise GetoptError('option --%s not a unique prefix' % opt, opt)
if longopts[i][-1:] in ('=', ):
return 1, longopts[i][:-1]
return 0, longopts[i]
- raise error, 'option --' + opt + ' not recognized'
+ raise GetoptError('option --%s not recognized' % opt, opt)
def do_shorts(opts, optstring, shortopts, args):
while optstring != '':
@@ -102,7 +120,7 @@ def do_shorts(opts, optstring, shortopts, args):
if short_has_arg(opt, shortopts):
if optstring == '':
if not args:
- raise error, 'option -%s requires argument' % opt
+ raise GetoptError('option -%s requires argument' % opt, opt)
optstring, args = args[0], args[1:]
optarg, optstring = optstring, ''
else:
@@ -114,7 +132,7 @@ def short_has_arg(opt, shortopts):
for i in range(len(shortopts)):
if opt == shortopts[i] != ':':
return shortopts[i+1:i+2] == ':'
- raise error, 'option -%s not recognized' % opt
+ raise GetoptError('option -%s not recognized' % opt, opt)
if __name__ == '__main__':
import sys