hi Petr > You made to do some research and I was wrong. For example, getopt() > operates with options and their arguments. So, 'keyword' and 'arg' names > look good after all. > > Well, I still think that only one syntax should be supported. And it > is better to distinguish keywords and arguments, so I prefer keyword=arg. >
hehe, Im gonna cite some RFC wisdom to convince you ;-) Be strict in what you emit, and permissive in what you accept. I see no potential for real ambiguity that would override that bias. thanks jimc