src/node/command.js
function processArguments(argv) {
  // Preserve the original.
  argv = argv.slice();

  var interpretMode = true;
  for (var i = 2; i < argv.length; i++) {
    var arg = argv[i], index;
    if (arg === '--')
      break;

    // Normalize flags in-place.
    if (arg.length > 2 && arg[0] === '-' && arg[1] !== '-') {
      // TODO: Is this needed at all for traceur?
      arg = arg.slice(1).split('').map(function(flag) {
        return '-' + flag;
      });
      // Insert the normalized flags in argv.
      argv.splice.apply(argv, [i, 1].concat(arg));
      // Grab the first normalized flag and process it as usual.
      arg = argv[i];
    } else if (/^--/.test(arg) && (index = arg.indexOf('=')) !== -1) {
      // Insert the flag argument in argv.
      argv.splice(i + 1, 0, arg.slice(index + 1));
      // Replace the flag with the stripped version and process it as usual.
      arg = argv[i] = arg.slice(0, index);
    }

    var option = flags.optionFor(arg);
    if (option) {
      if (arg === '--out' || arg === '--dir')
        interpretMode = false;

      if (option.required)
        i++;
      else if (option.optional) {
        arg = argv[i + 1];
        if (arg && arg[0] !== '-')
          i++;
      }
    } else if (arg === '-h' || arg === '--help') {
      // HACK: Special case for the implicit help flags, which can't have
      // their own option, as --help would set flags.help to true, shadowing
      // the flags.help() method.
    } else if (arg[0] === '-') {
      // HACK: Because commander.js has a flexible policy, this is the only
      // reliable way of reporting invalid flags to the user, and it's limited
      // to the first invalid flag encountered.
      console.log('\n  error: unknown option `%s\'\n', arg);
      process.exit(1);
    } else if (interpretMode) {
      // Add a hint to stop commander.js from parsing following arguments.
      // Note that this means that --out must come before any unknown flag as
      // well as before any filename for it to be used as the out flag.
      argv.splice(i, 0, '--');
      // Save traceur flags for interpret.js.
      argv.flags = argv.slice(2, i);
      break;
    }
  }
  return argv;
}
function processArguments(argv) {
  // Preserve the original.
  argv = argv.slice();

  var interpretMode = true;
  for (var i = 2; i < argv.length; i++) {
    var arg = argv[i], index;
    if (arg === '--')
      break;

    // Normalize flags in-place.
    if (arg.length > 2 && arg[0] === '-' && arg[1] !== '-') {
      // TODO: Is this needed at all for traceur?
      arg = arg.slice(1).split('').map(function(flag) {
        return '-' + flag;
      });
      // Insert the normalized flags in argv.
      argv.splice.apply(argv, [i, 1].concat(arg));
      // Grab the first normalized flag and process it as usual.
      arg = argv[i];
    } else if (/^--/.test(arg) && (index = arg.indexOf('=')) !== -1) {
      // Insert the flag argument in argv.
      argv.splice(i + 1, 0, arg.slice(index + 1));
      // Replace the flag with the stripped version and process it as usual.
      arg = argv[i] = arg.slice(0, index);
    }

    var option = flags.optionFor(arg);
    if (option) {
      if (arg === '--out' || arg === '--dir')
        interpretMode = false;

      if (option.required)
        i++;
      else if (option.optional) {
        arg = argv[i + 1];
        if (arg && arg[0] !== '-')
          i++;
      }
    } else if (arg === '-h' || arg === '--help') {
      // HACK: Special case for the implicit help flags, which can't have
      // their own option, as --help would set flags.help to true, shadowing
      // the flags.help() method.
    } else if (arg[0] === '-') {
      // HACK: Because commander.js has a flexible policy, this is the only
      // reliable way of reporting invalid flags to the user, and it's limited
      // to the first invalid flag encountered.
      console.log('\n  error: unknown option `%s\'\n', arg);
      process.exit(1);
    } else if (interpretMode) {
      // Add a hint to stop commander.js from parsing following arguments.
      // Note that this means that --out must come before any unknown flag as
      // well as before any filename for it to be used as the out flag.
      argv.splice(i, 0, '--');
      // Save traceur flags for interpret.js.
      argv.flags = argv.slice(2, i);
      break;
    }
  }
  return argv;
}
HACK: Process arguments so that in interpret mode, commander.js only parses
the flags, without the file name and anything past that. If an invalid flag
is encountered, commander.js error reporting is emulated instead.
@param {Array.<string>} argv
@return {Array.<string>}