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Subject: Re: GCLP (Generic Command Line Parser) 1.0.0 released
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:57:07 +0100
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Le Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:20:19 +0100, mockturtle <framefritti@gmail.com> a=
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=C3=A9crit:
> I agree that this differentiates itself from the usual syntax.  I choo=
se  =

> this approach (and wrote this package) once that I needed to write a  =

> program with a fairly complex syntax and with many possible variations=
.

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. Compare this to some program in som=
e  =

wrong language, becoming unmaintainable, suggesting to use another one.

The command line is not the place for a complex syntax (except if it's a=
n  =

interactive shell, and still with quickly reached limits=E2=80=A6).


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