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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 13:08:56 -0400
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: getopt_long incompatibility
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 09:56:53AM -0700, Michael Forney wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 12:18:16PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote:
> > I read the gnulib code but I don't see why it expects a match. From
> > the glibc code it looks to me like the ambig_list should have length 2
> > and produce an error. I don't see any reasonable way getopt_long could
> > choose between the two choices for the user without violating a
> > principle of least surprise. Do you get what's going on?
> >
> > Rich
>
> glibc only adds to ambig_list if the following condition is met:
>
> if (long_only
> || pfound->has_arg != p->has_arg
> || pfound->flag != p->flag
> || pfound->val != p->val)
>
> so I guess if all the matching option structs are the same, you're
> allowed to pick any matching option for longindex (unless you're in
> getopt_long_only).
OK, I think this behavior could be allowed. Seems useless but
harmless. I'll look at what it takes to implement it.
Rich
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