Document GetoptError and label error an alias.

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Fred Drake 1999-12-21 22:50:05 +00:00
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@ -41,12 +41,19 @@ found, thus allowing multiple occurrences. Long and short options may
be mixed.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{excdesc}{error}
\begin{excdesc}{GetoptError}
This is raised when an unrecognized option is found in the argument
list or when an option requiring an argument is given none.
The argument to the exception is a string indicating the cause of the
error. For long options, an argument given to an option which does
not require one will also cause this exception to be raised.
not require one will also cause this exception to be raised. The
attributes \member{msg} and \member{opt} give the error message and
related option; if there is no specific option to which the exception
relates, \member{opt} is an empty string.
\end{excdesc}
\begin{excdesc}{error}
Alias for \exception{GetoptError}; for backward compatibility.
\end{excdesc}