Creates an option from the given parameters +params+.
See {Parameters for New Options}[./doc/optparse/option_params_rdoc.html].

The block, if given, is the handler for the created option.
When the option is encountered during command-line parsing,
the block is called with the argument given for the option, if any.
See {Option Handlers}[./option_params_rdoc.html#label-Option+Handlers].