[getopt-sig] Comparing option libraries

[Matthias Urlichs]

Hi,

Greg Ward:
> Eg. in Optik, you might have one Option to increment the 'verbose'
> variable ("-vvv"), another Option to set it to a specific value
> ("--verbose=3")

That's a nice case for optional option arguments. ;-)
So -v3 or --verbose=3 sets verbosity to 3, but a single -v or --verbose
increments it.

I don't think that remembering two options for effectively doing the same
thing would be in any way better.

>    exec something_else --this --that $*
> 
Should be
	exec something_else --this --that "$@"

Yes, the quotes are part of the command line and NOT a mistake.

This is not a problem with shell scripts -- the real problems start when
you try to _parse_ the arguments in the shell.

> [ Calling implementation-detail methods to find out the
>   value of an option ]
> ?  Yuck.

I think I agree here.

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