Re: Implementing variable number of option arguments

Robert Collins <[email protected]> Fri, 05 Nov 2004 14:29:49 +1100
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On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 21:55 -0500, Greg Ward wrote:
> I had an idea the other night on how to implement options with optional
> arguments in Optik.  Actually, it's more general than that: options with
> a variable number of arguments.  The neat thing is, this could kill not
> one, not two, but *three* birds with one stone:
>=20
>   * optional option arguments
>=20
>   * checking positional args for type and number (after option
>     parsing is complete)
>=20
>   * allowing variable types when nargs > 1

Erm, FWIW 2 is in my arch branch that I've posted about before, fully
complete, and would give 1 and 3 easily if the code was migrated to the
same framework.

Rob


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