Trass3r wrote: > Why doesn't std.getopt support standard unix style like 'make -j 4'? > > "uint timeout; > getopt(args, "timeout|t", &timeout); > To set timeout to 5, use either of the following: --timeout=5, > --timeout 5, --t=5, --t 5, or -t5. Forms such as -t 5 and -timeout=5 > will be not accepted." > > Also it doesn't make any sense to me that --t=5 and --t 5 is allowed > in this case. > I expected the short alias only to be used with a single dash.
I agree. Not supporting -t 5 is no good. std.getopt took its inspiration from Perl's Getopt::Long (http://perldoc.perl.org/Getopt/Long.html) which supports it as well. I'm unsure about --t=5 and --t 5. I don't like them but I don't have to use them. But without them the rules would be simpler but removing them may break code. Adding -t 5 is safe I think. And maybe we enhance the documentation a bit such that more common choices are given first and less known but still supported later. If Andrei agrees maybe you or I can create a pull request for -t 5 and enhancing the documentation regarding -- for short options. BTW -timeout=5 is accepted but it shouldn't. I just wrote unittests for all combinations. Jens
