From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.224.160.65 with SMTP id m1mr7111864qax.2.1365804251203; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:04:11 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.109.228 with SMTP id hv4mr62792igb.2.1365804250967; Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:04:10 -0700 (PDT) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx05.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!ca1no42923131qab.0!news-out.google.com!ef9ni31353qab.0!nntp.google.com!ca1no42923129qab.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:04:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=69.20.190.126; posting-account=lJ3JNwoAAAAQfH3VV9vttJLkThaxtTfC NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.20.190.126 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Subject: =?windows-1252?Q?Re=3A_That_funny_=93=2D=2D=94_before_ASIS_options_with_ASI?= =?windows-1252?Q?S_applications?= From: Shark8 Injection-Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:04:11 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:14977 Date: 2013-04-12T15:04:10-07:00 List-Id: On Friday, April 12, 2013 12:53:05 PM UTC-6, Hibou57 (Yannick Duch=EAne) wr= ote: > If you ever wondered where that looking weird to me =93--=94 before ASIS = =20 > options with ASIS applications come from, then here the answer: it comes = =20 > from POSIX. >=20 > Reference: >=20 > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap12.html >=20 > =9312.2 Utility Syntax Guidelines =97 Guideline 10=94 says: >=20 > > The first -- argument that is not an option-argument should be accepted= =20 > > as a delimiter indicating the end of options. Any following arguments = =20 > > should be treated as operands, even if they begin with the '-' characte= r. >=20 > That's finally not that weird as it seemed to me so far, and that's even = =20 > standard. ASIS options are just program operands instead of program =20 > options. Ah, *nix... corrupting everything it touches. {POSIX.1 "Core Services" inco= rporates Standard ANSI C, and is likely one reason that almost all low-leve= l stuff [drivers for devices] is C, feeding back into itself and encouragin= g HW designers to a C-based mentality.}