Why D Needs Attributes (Was: Command-line arguments)

[Nick Sabalausky]

"superdan" <super at dan.org> wrote in message 
news:g4mmed$a2u$1 at digitalmars.com...
> Robert Fraser Wrote:
>
>> superdan wrote:
>> > narp. getopt is better for 2 reasons. first, if i want to have an 
>> > option with a dash in it, with getopt you say;
>> >
>> > bool showControlChars;
>> > getopt(args, "show-control-chars", &showControlChars);
>> >
>> > i and you and anyone who's used getopt once knows how to do that. but i 
>> > have no idea how to do that in c#. there may be some shitty attribute 
>> > to do so but i have to go check the manual. who wins?
>>
>> So, just to be clear, your argument is "I don't understand the C# way,
>> so getopt is better"?
>
> narp you are confused. there must be some option in the c# attributes that 
> tells how to do conversion from dashes to non-dashes. my point was that 
> that needs to be looked up whether or not you are versed in c# proper. 
> with std.getopt you don't need to look that up because the string is 
> distinct from the variable it binds to.
>

getopt has plenty of options that need to be looked up.

> nice try though. one attempt at irony missed, two to go.

Consider yourself extremely lucky any of us have been trying to help you 
after putting up with your attitude. I haven't seen one post from you that 
didn't include unproductive and clearly deliberate sarcasm or insults. I 
know this newsgroup operates on an "assume good faith" approach, but even 
that only goes so far. Keep it up and even the most laid-back people's 
patience will wear thin. If this were like most forums I've been on you 
would have already been banned by now for being generally disruptive.