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Error message in getopt.do_longs can be improved based on the existing comment #126946

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getopt.do_longs raises an error when there are 2 or more possibilities for a given long option. Currently the error only shows the user input, but not the possibilities. For example, option --he not a unique prefix.

This behavior can be improved by including the possible matches in the error message, as suggested by the existing comment: “XXX since possibilities contains all valid continuations, might be nice to work them into the error msg”. For example, option --he not a unique prefix; possible options: help, hello, hearts.

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