I have added this functionality a year ago, but now
it turned out to limit app functionality so I reverted.

Addition: It could also easily break any previous
Clipper/Harbour apps trying to use '--' switches,
so this way it was very much a showstopper.

One (the only one in fact) feasible solution that
came to mind is to introduce '--hb=' or '--hb:' option
prefix for all platforms which would serve as a general
prefix for all currently existing internal runtime switches.
Chances are low that any system is badly hurt by
this switch, it's pretty straightforward to use and easy
to spot by the looks, and it also makes it easy to filter out
just these switches on startup and pass the rest intact
to the entry points.

'//' switches could continue working just like now.

Brgds,
Viktor

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