gpython: Implement -X for non-gpython options

We already handle -X gpython.* starting from a6b993c8 (gpython: Add way
to run it with threads runtime). However any other non-gpython -X option
was leading to failure - for example:

    (z-dev) kirr@deca:~/src/tools/go/pygolang$ gpython -X faulthandler
    unknown option: '-X'

(well the error message was also not good)

However on py3 there are useful -X options that might be handy to use,
for example `-X faulthandler` and `-X importtime`.

-> Add support to pymain to handle those via reexecuting underlying
   interpreter like we already do for -O and -E.

/reviewed-by @jerome
/reviewed-on !30

gpython/__init__.py

@@ -115,7 +115,18 @@ def pymain(argv, init=None):
         if opt in (
                 '-E',   # ignore $PYTHON*
                 '-O',   # optimize
+                '-X',   # set implementation-specific option
             ):
+
+            # but keep `-X gpython.*` in user part of argv in case of reexec
+            # leaving it for main to handle. If it is only pymain to run, then
+            # we will be ignoring `-X gpython.*` which goes in line with builtin
+            # py3 behaviour to ignore any unknown -X option.
+            if opt == '-X' and arg is not None and arg.startswith('gpython.'):
+                reexec_argv.append(opt)
+                reexec_argv.append(arg)
+
+            else:
                 reexec_with.append(opt)
                 if arg is not None:
                     reexec_with.append(arg)
@@ -382,15 +393,17 @@ def main():
     # no harm wrt gevent monkey-patching even if we import os first.
     import os
 
-    # extract and process `-X gpython.*`
+    # process `-X gpython.*`
     # -X gpython.runtime=(gevent|threads)    + $GPYTHON_RUNTIME
     sys._xoptions = getattr(sys, '_xoptions', {})
-    argv_ = []
     gpy_runtime = os.getenv('GPYTHON_RUNTIME', 'gevent')
     igetopt = _IGetOpt(sys.argv[1:], _pyopt, _pyopt_long)
     for (opt, arg) in igetopt:
         if opt == '-X':
-            if arg.startswith('gpython.'):
+            # any non gpython -X option is handled by pymain; ignore them here
+            if not arg.startswith('gpython.'):
+                continue
+
             if arg.startswith('gpython.runtime='):
                 gpy_runtime = arg[len('gpython.runtime='):]
                 sys._xoptions['gpython.runtime'] = gpy_runtime
@@ -400,15 +413,10 @@ def main():
 
             continue
 
-        argv_.append(opt)
-        if arg is not None:
-            argv_.append(arg)
-
         # options after -c / -m are not for python itself
         if opt in ('-c', '-m'):
             break
 
-    argv = [sys.argv[0]] + argv_ + igetopt.argv
 
     # propagate those settings as defaults to subinterpreters, so that e.g.
     # sys.executable spawned from under `gpython -X gpython.runtime=threads`
@@ -454,7 +462,7 @@ def main():
         sys.version += (' [GPython %s] [%s]' % (golang.__version__, gpy_verextra))
 
     # tail to pymain
-    pymain(argv, init)
+    pymain(sys.argv, init)
 
 
 # _is_buildout_script returns whether file @path is generated as python buildout script.

gpython/gpython_test.py

@@ -338,6 +338,15 @@ def test_pymain_E():
         assert sys_flags_optimize(1) not in gpyoutv
     check_gpy_vs_py(['-E', 'testprog/print_opt.py'], _, envadj=envadj, cwd=here)
 
+
+# verify that pymain handles -X non-gpython-option in exactly the same way as underlying python does.
+@pytest.mark.skipif(PY2, reason="-X does not work at all on plain cpython2")
+@gpython_only
+def test_pymain_X():
+    check_gpy_vs_py(['testprog/print_faulthandler.py'], cwd=here)
+    check_gpy_vs_py(['-X', 'faulthandler', 'testprog/print_faulthandler.py'], cwd=here)
+
+
 # pymain -V/--version
 # gpython_only because output differs from !gpython.
 @gpython_only

gpython/testprog/print_faulthandler.py

+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (C) 2024  Nexedi SA and Contributors.
+#                     Kirill Smelkov <kirr@nexedi.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can Use, Study, Modify and Redistribute
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3, or (at your
+# option) any later version, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# You can also Link and Combine this program with other software covered by
+# the terms of any of the Free Software licenses or any of the Open Source
+# Initiative approved licenses and Convey the resulting work. Corresponding
+# source of such a combination shall include the source code for all other
+# software used.
+#
+# This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
+# warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
+# See COPYING file for full licensing terms.
+# See https://www.nexedi.com/licensing for rationale and options.
+"""Program print_faulthandler prints information about faulthandler settings."""
+
+from __future__ import print_function, absolute_import
+
+import sys
+
+def main():
+    if 'faulthandler' not in sys.modules:
+        print('faulthandler is not imported')
+        return
+
+    fh = sys.modules['faulthandler']
+    print('faulthandler imported')
+    print('faulthandler %s' % ('enabled' if fh.is_enabled() else 'disabled'))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()