Re: [Jython-dev] A proposal for jythonc -J / --compileropts

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[Humbel Otmar]

>Please find below a possible solution to a small jythonc problem.
>I hope it is not platform specific. 

I think it is. I can't test it, but quoting args should work correctly
on unix. It is the braindead command interpreter on windows that is at
fault here.

>I am not sure if this should become a bug report.

It should, please add one. Even if it is just a windows problem, it is
still a problem.

>With the following change in jython/Tools/main.py (around line 150):
>	elif opt in ('-J', '--compileropts'):
>		options.jopts =3D arg.split(',')  # was arg.split() before

While I'm always in favor of a quick hack <wink>, this is isn't the
right one. It would break working scripts for unix users and I have
never seen other tools use this convention for passing options down to
subcommands.

I'm leaning more towards a fix where we can pass in the name of a
(property?) file that contains further options and arguments. It isn't a
good solution but it would be the same bad solution that windows have
always used.

That could also function as the workaround to the max 9 args restriction
that we also suffer on windows.

regards,
finn