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Diffstat (limited to 'gl/getopt_int.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | gl/getopt_int.h | 69 |
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 33 deletions
diff --git a/gl/getopt_int.h b/gl/getopt_int.h index 169def5b..980b7507 100644 --- a/gl/getopt_int.h +++ b/gl/getopt_int.h @@ -30,6 +30,40 @@ extern int _getopt_internal (int ___argc, char **___argv, /* Reentrant versions which can handle parsing multiple argument vectors at the same time. */ +/* Describe how to deal with options that follow non-option ARGV-elements. + + If the caller did not specify anything, + the default is REQUIRE_ORDER if the environment variable + POSIXLY_CORRECT is defined, PERMUTE otherwise. + + REQUIRE_ORDER means don't recognize them as options; + stop option processing when the first non-option is seen. + This is what Unix does. + This mode of operation is selected by either setting the environment + variable POSIXLY_CORRECT, or using `+' as the first character + of the list of option characters, or by calling getopt. + + PERMUTE is the default. We permute the contents of ARGV as we + scan, so that eventually all the non-options are at the end. + This allows options to be given in any order, even with programs + that were not written to expect this. + + RETURN_IN_ORDER is an option available to programs that were + written to expect options and other ARGV-elements in any order + and that care about the ordering of the two. We describe each + non-option ARGV-element as if it were the argument of an option + with character code 1. Using `-' as the first character of the + list of option characters selects this mode of operation. + + The special argument `--' forces an end of option-scanning regardless + of the value of `ordering'. In the case of RETURN_IN_ORDER, only + `--' can cause `getopt' to return -1 with `optind' != ARGC. */ + +enum __ord + { + REQUIRE_ORDER, PERMUTE, RETURN_IN_ORDER + }; + /* Data type for reentrant functions. */ struct _getopt_data { @@ -54,39 +88,8 @@ struct _getopt_data by advancing to the next ARGV-element. */ char *__nextchar; - /* Describe how to deal with options that follow non-option ARGV-elements. - - If the caller did not specify anything, - the default is REQUIRE_ORDER if the environment variable - POSIXLY_CORRECT is defined, PERMUTE otherwise. - - REQUIRE_ORDER means don't recognize them as options; - stop option processing when the first non-option is seen. - This is what Unix does. - This mode of operation is selected by either setting the environment - variable POSIXLY_CORRECT, or using `+' as the first character - of the list of option characters, or by calling getopt. - - PERMUTE is the default. We permute the contents of ARGV as we - scan, so that eventually all the non-options are at the end. - This allows options to be given in any order, even with programs - that were not written to expect this. - - RETURN_IN_ORDER is an option available to programs that were - written to expect options and other ARGV-elements in any order - and that care about the ordering of the two. We describe each - non-option ARGV-element as if it were the argument of an option - with character code 1. Using `-' as the first character of the - list of option characters selects this mode of operation. - - The special argument `--' forces an end of option-scanning regardless - of the value of `ordering'. In the case of RETURN_IN_ORDER, only - `--' can cause `getopt' to return -1 with `optind' != ARGC. */ - - enum - { - REQUIRE_ORDER, PERMUTE, RETURN_IN_ORDER - } __ordering; + /* See __ord above. */ + enum __ord __ordering; /* If the POSIXLY_CORRECT environment variable is set or getopt was called. */ |