allow argv options anywhere on command line

[mukappa]

I don't like having to remember exactly where --settings=xxx goes.

[Russell Keith-Magee]

I don't like bug reports that don't explain what the problem is.

[mukappa]

from ​http://www.python.org/doc/2.5.2/lib/module-optparse.html the following command lines are all equivalent

<yourscript> -f outfile --quiet
<yourscript> --quiet --file outfile
<yourscript> -q -foutfile
<yourscript> -qfoutfile

I think that implies

$ python manage.py --settings=settings shell

and

$ python manage.py shell --settings=settings

are equivalent.

but for manage.py (and django-admin.py)

$ python manage.py --settings=settings shell
Unknown command: '--settings=settings'

manage.py cares where its options are, but I don't see where it needs to. I sometimes put an option in the "wrong" place and find it frustrating to have to check the usage.

Thanks.

[mukappa]

Sorry, my brain saw what it wanted to see, not what was there in the excerpt from the optparse doc.

Nonetheless, optparse allows mixing options anywhere between and around args, and I'll leave it at that.