supporting multi argument commandline arguments Robert Bruce Findler (25 Sep 2002 21:20 UTC)
Re: supporting multi argument commandline arguments sperber@xxxxxx (26 Sep 2002 07:10 UTC)
Re: supporting multi argument commandline arguments Anthony Carrico (26 Sep 2002 13:52 UTC)
Re: supporting multi argument commandline arguments Robert Bruce Findler (26 Sep 2002 13:58 UTC)
Re: supporting multi argument commandline arguments Anthony Carrico (26 Sep 2002 14:05 UTC)
Re: supporting multi argument commandline arguments sperber@xxxxxx (26 Sep 2002 14:12 UTC)
Re: supporting multi argument commandline arguments Tom Lord (26 Sep 2002 17:22 UTC)

Re: supporting multi argument commandline arguments sperber@xxxxxx 26 Sep 2002 07:08 UTC

>>>>> "Robert" == Robert Bruce Findler <xxxxxx@cs.uchicago.edu> writes:

Robert> Is it possible to revise the srfi to support multiple arguments to a
Robert> single commandline argument? I imagine something like this:

Robert>   --long-name=first-arg second-arg

Robert> and

Robert>   -sfirst-arg second-arg

Robert> or

Robert>   -s first-arg second-arg

What precisely is the problem with doing the splitting
post-arg-processing, i.e. doing the equivalent of

--long-name="first-arg second-arg"

from the shell?  That's how autoconf/configure operates, for instance.

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Cheers =8-} Mike
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