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From: Brian Drummond <brian@shapes.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: GCLP (Generic Command Line Parser) 1.0.0 released
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On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 10:08:05 -0800, mockturtle wrote:

> On Saturday, December 15, 2012 5:57:07 PM UTC+1, Hibou57 (Yannick
> Duchêne) wrote:

>> If the command line become too complex, that may suggest the command is
>> 
>> not well suited for the matter. May be a configuration file or project
>> 
>> file, using XML, could be an option. 

> Yes, I understand, but between a simple command like
> 
>       cp src dst
> 
> and a command that makes it convenient to give parameters via a
> configuration file (maybe in XML format), there is a gray area where a
> positional syntax is too complex (was the port number the first
> parameter?  or the third?), but the complexity of a configuration file
> is not justified (maybe also because you use the command only once). 

Perhaps you can combine the two modes : the GCLP could read a complex 
command line, or some/all of the options - in the exact same syntax - 
from file. It would make refactoring complex command lines effortless...

- Brian