From: transfire@...
Date: 2006-06-20T01:53:40+09:00
Subject: Re: best way to deal with command line options


thomas coopman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm verry new to ruby, just use it for some days now and I have question about the best implementation of how to deal with command line options.
>
> Suppose I have a program, with a class say A and a main.
> My program also has a verbose option (program --verbose).
> What's the best way to implement the verbose option in a OO-way?

These kind of options are often best implemented via global vars. eg.
$VERBOSE. That might seems anti OOP but the reason is that if your
program gets big --ie. spreads across multiple classes, passing such
"universally applicable" options around gets old real qucik.

T.