std.getopt suggestion

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 10/4/11 2:39 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 10/4/11 12:05 PM, Christophe wrote:
>> Andrej Mitrovic , dans le message (digitalmars.D:146060), a écrit :
>>> I'm don't often use getopt just for the fact that I can't use
>>> single-dash arguments like '-release'. DMD uses this syntax, and so to
>>> other tools. It's not a big deal thanks to D's fantastic
>>> string-manipulation abilities, so I just roll my own. All I need is a
>>> switch(args) statement.
>>
>> I don't use getopt often either. That does not prevent me to wish getopt
>> could become adequate to my needs...
>
> It already is because your needs are the empty set.
>
> Andrei

On second thought what you said suggests your needs set may be nonempty, 
but said needs are not fulfilled by the current std.getopt.

What exactly in std.getopt does not fulfill your needs? Would assembling 
the three variables into a structure help?


Andrei