Re: [nimh-dev] options and getopt

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thus spake "Jon Stewart":
> > 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'.

+folder counts as an argument according to getopt, so it's safe.

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