def getopt (self, args=None, object=None):
        """Parse command-line options in args. Store as attributes on object.

        If 'args' is None or not supplied, uses 'sys.argv[1:]'.  If
        'object' is None or not supplied, creates a new OptionDummy
        object, stores option values there, and returns a tuple (args,
        object).  If 'object' is supplied, it is modified in place and
        'getopt()' just returns 'args'; in both cases, the returned
        'args' is a modified copy of the passed-in 'args' list, which
        is left untouched.
        """
        if args is None:
            args = sys.argv[1:]
        if object is None:
            object = OptionDummy()
            created_object = 1
        else:
            created_object = 0

        self._grok_option_table()

        short_opts = string.join(self.short_opts)
        try:
            opts, args = getopt.getopt(args, short_opts, self.long_opts)
        except getopt.error, msg:
            raise DistutilsArgError, msg

        for opt, val in opts:
            if len(opt) == 2 and opt[0] == '-': # it's a short option
                opt = self.short2long[opt[1]]
            else:
                assert len(opt) > 2 and opt[:2] == '--'
                opt = opt[2:]

            alias = self.alias.get(opt)
            if alias:
                opt = alias

            if not self.takes_arg[opt]:     # boolean option?
                assert val == '', "boolean option can't have value"
                alias = self.negative_alias.get(opt)
                if alias:
                    opt = alias
                    val = 0
                else:
                    val = 1

            attr = self.attr_name[opt]
            # The only repeating option at the moment is 'verbose'.
            # It has a negative option -q quiet, which should set verbose = 0.
            if val or self.repeat.get(attr) is not None:
                val = getattr(object, attr, 0) + 1
            setattr(object, attr, val)
            self.option_order.append((opt, val))

        # for opts
        if created_object:
            return args, object
        else:
            return args

    # getopt()
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