Re: Re: Gengetopt 2.21 enhancement suggestions

Gyozo Papp wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>>> well, actually, when I was thinking about enums I was thinking about
>>> ALSO storing values as enums....
>> In the original suggestion from last year, it was proposed to generate
>> enums instead of strings.  For backward compatibility, you thought that
>> keeping both representations was best.  I agree.
> 
> Yes, actually I don't need the "original" string values but this is my
> case only.
> 

yes, probably, enums would be enough without strings especially if enums 
is a type for values (as suggested in the next two lines)

>> But I have proposed generating enums _or_ strings (or ints, floats, etc.),
>> depending on the user's choice.
> 
> It sounds great. I really hope it does not mean a really hard work
> which prevents its inclusion in the next release (2.22). If so, anyway
> I bet on enums instead of strings behaviour :)

can't promise that, but I'll do my best :-)

> 
> PS: sorry for bothering you my christian name is Gyozo actually, but I
> used this comma separated auto signature to satisfy both native
> (Hungarian) and English speakers. well it may be worth considering to
> change it  ;)

opps... thanks for clarifying this :-)

cheers
	Lorenzo

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