ljz@fxgrp.UUCP (Lloyd Zusman) (05/14/88)
There was recently a heated discussion here in comp.lang.c as to the
merits and drawbacks of getopt(), especially with regard to how it
returns '?' on errors. In light of this, I decided that I could write
a better getopt(), and I believe I have done so. It is called
'egetopt()' (for "extended getopt()") and I have just netmailed it to
be posted in comp.sources.unix.
For those of you who believe that getopt() is perfect and should never
be improved (yes, I know you're out there!), egetopt() is designed to
exactly mirror its predecessor's behavior in the default case. For
others who want some added features, I hope that this program will
prove to be useful.
Look for egetopt() in comp.sources.unix in the near future.
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Lloyd Zusman
Master Byte Software
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