std.getopt suggestion

[Marco Leise]

Am 30.09.2011, 20:28 Uhr, schrieb Nick Sabalausky <a at a.a>:

> "Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> wrote in message
> news:j651l8$7m7$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> "Jose Armando Garcia" <jsancio at gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:mailman.317.1317404375.26225.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
>>>
>>> I prefer if we take std.getopt one step further (or create another)
>>> and make it completely global. Don't allow the parsing of anything but
>>> the command line
>>
>> Are you serious? Don't allow it? Why? What benefit could that possibly
>> provide? It makes perfect sence to think that there may be legitimate
>> reason to use a commandline parser on something other than the current
>> process's cmd args. Unittesting, for one, just off the top of my head.
>> Other people here have mentioned other uses.
>>
>> It doesn't make any sence at all to arbitrarily prevent a tool from  
>> being
>> applied to whatever the user chooses to apply it to.
>>
>
> It's like applying fascism to API design.

You know, this will eventually end up where all discussions on the  
internet end. ;)

If anything I'd like this tool to be extended to usage help à la Python.  
The setup of the cmd line parser there is documentation on the usage of  
the program.