partition_args ("-x":suff:args) srcs objs
  | "none" <- suff      = partition_args args srcs objs
  | StopLn <- phase     = partition_args args srcs (slurp ++ objs)
  | otherwise           = partition_args rest (these_srcs ++ srcs) objs
        where phase = startPhase suff
              (slurp,rest) = break (== "-x") args
              these_srcs = zip slurp (repeat (Just phase))
partition_args ("-x":suff:args) srcs objs
  | "none" <- suff      = partition_args args srcs objs
  | StopLn <- phase     = partition_args args srcs (slurp ++ objs)
  | otherwise           = partition_args rest (these_srcs ++ srcs) objs
        where phase = startPhase suff
              (slurp,rest) = break (== "-x") args
              these_srcs = zip slurp (repeat (Just phase))
partition_args ("-x":suff:args) srcs objs
  | "none" <- suff      = partition_args args srcs objs
  | StopLn <- phase     = partition_args args srcs (slurp ++ objs)
  | otherwise           = partition_args rest (these_srcs ++ srcs) objs
        where phase = startPhase suff
              (slurp,rest) = break (== "-x") args
              these_srcs = zip slurp (repeat (Just phase))