On 9/26/20 10:51 AM, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > Dear Heinrich, > > In message <[email protected]> you wrote: >> >> For me this could be realized by enhancing the run command to allow: >> >> run varname1 varname2 ... varnameN --args argv1 argv2 argv3 >> >> Arguments argv1, argv2, ... are passed to the script identified by the >> last variable (varnameN). > > Nice idea! Only we should do a better syntax (options preceeding > argument), i. e. > > run [ --args argv ] varname1 varname2 ... > > where argv would be the name of a variale to hold the arguments (as > a comma (?) separated list) ? In another mail you suggested "run arg1 arg2 ... -- varname1 varname2".
Whether arguments or script names are first or last does not make much of a difference for the implementation effort. Any way you have to loop over all arguments to find the separator "--". "better syntax" does not apply here as the two alternatives have the same expressivity, and need the same amount of typing and learning. It is a matter of taste. > > Do you have an idea how the "script" would pull out the arguments > from that variable? Rasmus already suggested $1 .. $9 for the positional arguments (where counting should not stop at 9). Best regards Heinrich > > Best regards, > > Wolfgang Denk >
