Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: C getopt doesn't strip trailing spaces. What you mistook for stripping trailing spaces is actually a feature of GNU getopt that allows you to use shortened variant of long option.
$ ./getopdemo "-- sp" 1 --eg 2 "-- ch" 3 option spam with arg 1 option eggs with arg 2 option cheese with arg 3 ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue27619> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
