From: zuzu <sean.zuzu@...>
Date: 2004-07-19T03:01:08+09:00
Subject: ruby idiom for parsing function arguments?

this may be a silly question, but can someone provide for me the ruby
idiom for parsing function arguments?  it's not hard coded by array
position, is it?  is there an idiom for testing arguments for meeting
criteria and the function making sense of what to do with them?  for
example, parsing command line arguments which could be flags, a
url/location, a device, or stdin data...

for anyone who has used cdrtools or cdrdao, i would like to avoid
requiring proper ordering, and instead relying on contextual inferance
of what arguments/flags are what (options, data, device/drive, etc.)

tia,
-z