set_options

# File lib/getoptlong.rb, line 271
  def set_options(*arguments)
    #
    # The method is failed if option processing has already started.
    #
    if @status != STATUS_YET
      raise RuntimeError,
        "invoke set_options, but option processing has already started"
    end

    #
    # Clear tables of option names and argument flags.
    #
    @canonical_names.clear
    @argument_flags.clear

    arguments.each do |arg|
      if !arg.is_a?(Array)
       raise ArgumentError, "the option list contains non-Array argument"
      end

      #
      # Find an argument flag and it set to `argument_flag'.
      #
      argument_flag = nil
      arg.each do |i|
        if ARGUMENT_FLAGS.include?(i)
          if argument_flag != nil
            raise ArgumentError, "too many argument-flags"
          end
          argument_flag = i
        end
      end

      raise ArgumentError, "no argument-flag" if argument_flag == nil

      canonical_name = nil
      arg.each do |i|
        #
        # Check an option name.
        #
        next if i == argument_flag
        begin
          if !i.is_a?(String) || i !~ /\A-([^-]|-.+)\z/
            raise ArgumentError, "an invalid option `#{i}'"
          end
          if (@canonical_names.include?(i))
            raise ArgumentError, "option redefined `#{i}'"
          end
        rescue
          @canonical_names.clear
          @argument_flags.clear
          raise
        end

        #
        # Register the option (`i') to the `@canonical_names' and
        # `@canonical_names' Hashes.
        #
        if canonical_name == nil
          canonical_name = i
        end
        @canonical_names[i] = canonical_name
        @argument_flags[i] = argument_flag
      end
      raise ArgumentError, "no option name" if canonical_name == nil
    end
    return self
  end