On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 04:36, Bruce Evans <b...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > WHat about the lesser burder on a character or two for putting -- in the > synopsis where it is more visible: > > printf [--] format [arguments ...]
Right, that's what I've been thinking about. For that matter, does printf(1) need to use getopt(3) at all? It seems like simply checking for "--" could be sufficient. Does POSIX require that it exit with an error if it's given any options? At the very least, it seems like it would be more productive to have printf(1) give unusually-helpful error messages (perhaps merely changing its usage output to match that synopsis) if it encounters a string beginning with '-' other than "--". _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
