Hey, On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org> wrote: > Russel Winder a écrit : > >>> It implements the features of the other parsers and more: >>> - partial matching for the long options (-ver instead of -version) >> >> What about -ver being -v -e -r ? > > The partial matching of a long option has the priority over the > decomposition of the short options. > > If you have the following options: > > -v,--verbose > -e > -r,--recursive > > then: > > 1. -ver will be parsed as -v (partial matching of 'verbose') > 2. -rev will be parsed as -r -e -v (decomposition) > > > I wonder if I should add some settings to control the behavior of the > parser. For example, to disable the decomposition of the short options, > or to disable the partial matching of the long options starting with a > single dash (i.e --ver would still stand for --verbose, but not -ver).
I think partial matching should be disabled by default. While a neat feature to reduce typing, this behaviour will probably come as a surprise to people because it is not found in most programs. Also, if an option is not completely specified, I know I'd like the program to crash rather than run but do something that I don't expect. > Emmanuel Bourg Regards, James --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
