update top level argument handling

[Tomi Ollila]

On Wed, Jan 23 2013, David Bremner <david at tethera.net> wrote:

> Jani Nikula <jani at nikula.org> writes:
>
>>
>> Patches 1-4 look good, and IMO should be used regardless of the
>> bikeshedding result on patches 5-7.
>
> I pushed the first 4. 6 and 7 will need rebasing if 5 is omitted, which
> seems to be the plan.

At least it maintains status quo -- and in this particular case
it doesn't seem to jam progress ;)

> d

Tomi