Re: [PATCH 07/25] parse-options: make some arguments optional, add callbacks.

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Oct 16, 2007, 13:18 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710161417440.25221@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <20071016084510.GI6919@artemis.corp>

Hi,

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Pierre Habouzit wrote:

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> This bit is to allow to aggregate options with arguments together when
> the argument is numeric.
> 
>     +#if 0
>     +		/* can be used to understand -A1B1 like -A1 -B1 */
>     +		if (flag & OPT_SHORT && opt->opt && isdigit(*opt->opt)) {
>     +			*(int *)opt->value = strtol(opt->opt, (char **)&opt->opt, 10);
>     +			return 0;
>     +		}
>     +#endif
> 
> I'm not a huge fan, but people may like it. Feel free to keep the
> chunk, drop it, or enable it to your liking.

FWIW I like it. It allows me to aggregate options such as -M30 with other short options.

Ciao, Dscho