On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Matthew Flatt wrote:

> > I think that once you allow the trailing option to have an argument,
> > it should behave the same as other option arguments.
>
> We agree on this point, and that's why I'd rather not have token
> collapsing anywhere with short-name flags. :)

It is ugly, but one can just ignore the backward compatible style without
any harm, right?

  -Anthony Carrico