Re: Re: Gengetopt 2.21 enhancement suggestions

"Papp Gyozo (VBuster)" <[email protected]> Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:10:32 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.gengetopt.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> > I have explicitly said that I want enums.

So do I. ;)

> However, 90 would not be a valid enum (since it starts with a number) 

What about rotate_90 after the option name in this example?
In general the <option>_<value> form would be a deliberate decision because at this time I could change at least 5 string options to enums in one of my apps. The bunch of simple "enum_"s may confuse developers.