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Re: [PATCH] parse-options: make OPT_NUMBER's argh explicit

From
René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Date
Jun 3, 2009, 10:18 UTC
Message-ID
<4A264DFA.3090309@lsrfire.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To
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Stephen Boyd schrieb:
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> OPTION_NUMBER hard codes its argh member to be "n", but the decision is
> hidden deep in usage_with_options_internal(). Make "n" the default argh
> for the OPT_NUMBER macro while leaving it undecided for the OPTION_NUMBER
> enum.
> 
> This make it less surprising to users that argh is "n" when using the
> OPT_NUMBER macro.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
> ---
>  builtin-tag.c   |    4 ++--
>  parse-options.c |   11 ++---------
>  parse-options.h |    2 +-
>  3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/builtin-tag.c b/builtin-tag.c
> index dc3db62..080e04a 100644
> --- a/builtin-tag.c
> +++ b/builtin-tag.c
> @@ -376,8 +376,8 @@ int cmd_tag(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
>  	struct commit_list *with_commit = NULL;
>  	struct option options[] = {
>  		OPT_BOOLEAN('l', NULL, &list, "list tag names"),
> -		{ OPTION_INTEGER, 'n', NULL, &lines, NULL,
> -				"print n lines of each tag message",
> +		{ OPTION_INTEGER, 'n', NULL, &lines, "n",
> +				"print <n> lines of each tag message",
>  				PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, NULL, 1 },
>  		OPT_BOOLEAN('d', NULL, &delete, "delete tags"),
>  		OPT_BOOLEAN('v', NULL, &verify, "verify tags"),
> diff --git a/parse-options.c b/parse-options.c
> index b85cab2..48ba62b 100644
> --- a/parse-options.c
> +++ b/parse-options.c
> @@ -503,19 +503,12 @@ int usage_with_options_internal(const char * const *usagestr,
>  		switch (opts->type) {
>  		case OPTION_ARGUMENT:
>  			break;
> -		case OPTION_INTEGER:
> -			if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_OPTARG)
> -				if (opts->long_name)
> -					pos += fprintf(stderr, "[=<n>]");
> -				else
> -					pos += fprintf(stderr, "[<n>]");
> -			else
> -				pos += fprintf(stderr, " <n>");
> -			break;
>  		case OPTION_CALLBACK:
>  			if (opts->flags & PARSE_OPT_NOARG)
>  				break;
>  			/* FALLTHROUGH */
> +		case OPTION_INTEGER:
> +			/* FALLTHROUGH */
>  		case OPTION_FILENAME:
>  			/* FALLTHROUGH */
>  		case OPTION_STRING:
> diff --git a/parse-options.h b/parse-options.h
> index b374ade..b141ae6 100644
> --- a/parse-options.h
> +++ b/parse-options.h
> @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ struct option {
>  #define OPT_BOOLEAN(s, l, v, h)     { OPTION_BOOLEAN, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h) }
>  #define OPT_SET_INT(s, l, v, h, i)  { OPTION_SET_INT, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h), 0, NULL, (i) }
>  #define OPT_SET_PTR(s, l, v, h, p)  { OPTION_SET_PTR, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h), 0, NULL, (p) }
> -#define OPT_INTEGER(s, l, v, h)     { OPTION_INTEGER, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h) }
> +#define OPT_INTEGER(s, l, v, h)     { OPTION_INTEGER, (s), (l), (v), "n", (h) }
>  #define OPT_STRING(s, l, v, a, h)   { OPTION_STRING,  (s), (l), (v), (a), (h) }
>  #define OPT_DATE(s, l, v, h) \
>  	{ OPTION_CALLBACK, (s), (l), (v), "time",(h), 0, \
Nice code reduction.  s/NUMBER/INTEGER/ in the commit message?

By the way, can the switch be replaced by a simple check for PARSE_OPT_NOARG now?

René
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  2. René ScharfeJun 3, 2009
  3. Stephen BoydJun 3, 2009
  4. René ScharfeJun 3, 2009
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  6. 2/2 parse-options: simplify usage argh handlingStephen Boyd, Jun 4, 2009
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