[boost] Re: arguments parsing, wildcard matcher

From: Kevin Cline (kcline_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-29 12:12:25

christian.engstrom_at_[hidden] writes:
 > > This means that you can't have an option that takes multiple 
 > > parameters:
 > > 
 > > --foo bar1 bar2
 > > 
 > > You can get tricky with the parsing by also requiring commas
 > > between parameters:
 > > 
 > > --foo=bar1,bar2
 > > 
 > > But now the syntax is becoming foreign to most users.  I'm not sure
 > > I like that.
 > 
 > My own personal preference for handling multiple arguments to an 
 > option would be to have them enclosed in parentheses, like this:
 > 
 > --foo = (bar1 bar2)

That's hopelessly awkward for Unix; parentheses have meaning to the
shell, and must be quoted to be passed to a program.

--
Kevin Cline