Re: [gobo-eiffel-develop] First XACE draft

[Andreas L. <no...@sb...>]

On Mon, 28 May 2001, Eric Bezault wrote:

> Why not, but I'm a little bit skeptical about having
> several definitions in the same --define option.

I know, but do you have a better idea? Using the variable name as option
brings troubles with reserved option names. How does the parser
distinguish between --ise (which is an option) and --ise="foo" (which is
a variable definition).

> Furthermore, if  --define=FOO   is the long option
> usage, isn't there a short option usage as well such
> as  -d FOO  ?

IIRC the GNU standards (and thus get-opt) prohibit values on
short-name-options. You can say --foo=bar, but not -f bar.

regards,
Andreas