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diff --git a/Lib/optparse.py b/Lib/optparse.py index 2cb21de97f..e38030d463 100644 --- a/Lib/optparse.py +++ b/Lib/optparse.py @@ -1274,9 +1274,19 @@ class OptionParser (OptionContainer): self.usage = usage def enable_interspersed_args(self): + """Set parsing to not stop on the first non-option, allowing + interspersing switches with command arguments. This is the + default behavior. See also disable_interspersed_args() and the + class documentation description of the attribute + allow_interspersed_args.""" self.allow_interspersed_args = True def disable_interspersed_args(self): + """Set parsing to stop on the first non-option. Use this if + you have a command processor which runs another command that + has options of its own and you want to make sure these options + don't get confused. + """ self.allow_interspersed_args = False def set_process_default_values(self, process): |