Re: [nimh-dev] options and getopt

["Jon Stewart" <stew1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I think we have three options (heh!):
> 
> 1. Switch to long options, e.g. '--reverse'. We can use getopt, but this
> breaks compatibility with nmh.
> 
> 2. Write our own option parser. This maintains nmh compatibility, but
> keeps us using a wierd non-standard option format and makes us write
> more code.
> 
> 3. Use getopt, but check for anagrams. This would work so long as no two
> distince options for the same command are anagrams of each other. (Yech!)


I vote for 1. Backwards compatibility is just that: backwards.

With the exception that we retain '+folder'.


Jon
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