--- a/configuration/config.py	Mon Mar 26 12:04:49 2012 -0700
+++ b/configuration/config.py	Mon Mar 26 13:19:55 2012 -0700
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
         self.config.update(config)
         # TODO: option to extend; augment lists/dicts
 
+    ### methods for optparse
+    ### XXX could go in a subclass
+
     def optparse_options(self, parser):
         """add optparse options to a OptionParser instance"""
         for key, value in self.items():
@@ -118,14 +121,3 @@
         parser = optparse.OptionParser(**parser_args)
         self.optparse_options(parser)
         return parser
-
-def main(args=sys.argv[:]):
-
-    # parse command line options
-    usage = '%prog [options]'
-    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage=usage, description=__doc__, formatter=PlainDescriptionFormatter())
-    options, args = parser.parse_args(args)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-  main()
-