From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-01-13T07:11:15+09:00
Subject: Re: optparse


"Glenn Parker" <glenn.parker@comcast.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:41E59B7C.5050100@comcast.net...
> Charles Mills wrote:
>>
>> Any idea about the first question?  Seems like you can only do "--word
>> arg" or "-c arg", not "-word arg".
>
> I think that's the style you get.  A double hypen is always followed by a 
> long option name.  A single hyphen is always followed by a one-letter 
> option flag.

I'm not 100% sure but that might even be POSIX standard.  Anyway, IMHO it's 
a good convention to follow.

    robert

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