sidereal.py: Internal maintenance specification

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def usage ( *L ):
    """Write a usage message and stop.

      [ L is a list of strings ->
          sys.stderr  +:=  (usage message) + (joined elements of L)
          stop execution ]
    """
    print >>sys.stderr, "*** Usage:"
    print >>sys.stderr, "***   conjd NNNNNNN.NN..."
    print >>sys.stderr, "*** where NNNNNNN.NN is the Julian date."
    print >>sys.stderr, "*** Error: %s" % "".join(L)
    raise SystemExit