Re: arguments parsing, wildcard matcher

From: Gennadiy E. Rozental (rogeeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-16 13:22:27

--- In boost_at_y..., Petr Ovchenkov <ptr_at_P...> wrote:
>  > 1. command line argument formats
>  >   a. -<one letter key> <value>
>  >   b. -<one letter key><value>
>  >   c. -<key> <value>
>  >   d. -<option> - any length
>  >   e. /<key> <value> - and all other cases like a,b,c but with / 
>  > instead
>  >   g. --<key> <value>
>  >   h. -<key substring> <value>
>  >     An example: let say you expecting argument -osagent_port
>  >     then following argument lists should be valid:
>  >        -o 15000
>  >        -osa 15000
>  >        -osagent_port 15000
>  >     On the other hand it should perform validity checks. For 
example
>  >     if you also expect another argument -osagent_host. then 
first 2
>  >     argument list above should generate runtime error and 3d 
should
>  >     pass. Arguments integrity check should also be performed, 
i.e. 
>  >     you should not allow for user to define 2 argument like this:
>  >      "-port"
>  >      "-port_type"
> 
>      i. -<key>=<value>
>      j. --<key>=<value>
>      k. -<key>=<value>,<value>,....
>      l. --<key>=<value>,<value>,....
> 

Sure. I forgot.

> 
> 
>   - ptr

Gennadiy.