From: Michael Campbell Date: 2005-06-05T02:33:32+09:00 Subject: Re: ruby-dev summary 26128-26222 (Re: ropt/optparse) On 6/4/05, Aredridel wrote: > > Masahiro Tomita claimed that ruby should not warn when loading > > getopts, with $VERBOSE=false. Matz agreed with him. In addition, > > WATANABE Hirofumi said that optparse.rb is too diffucult to use, > > he recommended to bandle ropt instead. For details of ropt, refer > > RAA: > > > > http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/ropt/ > ropt looks more like what I'm used to in the unix world; I think regardless of the bundling status, I'll be using it for my apps. Thanks for bringing this to my attention! > My first thought is that the optparse API is much nicer -- it could be > simplified slightly without losing anything, but ropt looks more > difficult, even if it is more succinct. So much for your minimalist nature, eh Aredridel? ;-) (Referring to your quip last night on IRC re: vi/emacs...)