From: Jim Weirich <jim@...>
Date: 2004-08-24T06:24:19+09:00
Subject: Re: optparse [feature request: subcommand support]


Brett Williams said:
[...]
> The feature is the ability to do what I call CVS-style subcommands, i.e.:
[...]
> Does this sound reasonable? Is there anyone else who'd like this kind of
> thing? Or am I on my own?

RubyGems uses CVS style commands, so it would have been useful there.

One question: Is it worth loading up optparse with this functionality, or
does it make sense to put it in a different object?

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