--- On Wed, 9/14/11, Dennis E. Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> wrote: .. > Backing up a little. I don't > know if the original BSD license is a problem for Apache, > but it becomes a problem downstream, so it is good to avoid > having to carry that license and a NOTICE file about it > around in Apache OOo. >
Well, having both we obviously choose the less restricted. > LESS RELEVANT: I've been looking for a good getopt( ) for > my own use on some other projects, and the Todd Miller > versions seems to be a good starting point. It is not > what I would use, but I would use it as a compatibility > check. > If you want to use the standard version you should compare against this: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/getopt.html of course you can customize it but then I'd suggest renaming it to something else. > Question: Is it always sufficient to be limited to char[] > or would a w_char[ ] or even UTF-8 version be more suitable > these days? Just curious. > For command line options I think the normal char is enough but if you have special needs I guess you can customize it. Again I would avoid namespace conflicts with libc. cheers, Pedro.
