From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-14 11:31:25


Larry wrote:

> I didn't see anythiing in the doc but is there some compelling reason why
> short names for options was limited to a single character? The code fails
> an assert if the short name is more than one character. It just seems like
> an unnecessary limitation.

One-character short options is the standard command line syntax.
If you want abbreviations, then abbreviated options are
already supported.

- Volodya