Pádraig wrotes:
> On 01/30/2012 05:33 PM, Jérémy Compostella wrote:
> > Pádraig, Jim, others,
> >
> > - Solution 1:
> > Pádraig wrotes:
> >> I wonder might we have a separate option, --suffix-start, and
> >> theoretically that could accept alphabetic options too?  I'm not
> >> suggesting we do this, but it's worth discussion.
> > That's was my first idea but since your first mail subject was "split
> > --numeric-suffixes=N" I assumed that you already thought about it as a
> > bad solution. Wrong assumption I guess.
> >
> > - Solution 2:
> > Pádraig wrotes:
> >> Thinking a bit more about it, it's probably worth to split the short
> >> and long options. Have -d not take a param as before, and have
> >> --numeric-suffixes take an optional param.
> >> To do this, leave 'optional_argument' in the long_opts array, and just
> >> remove the :: from the getopts call.
> 
> My vote is for solution 2.
> Less options = simpler interface for users.
> I don't think it's too onerous to mandate,
> numeric suffixes for this feature.
OK, I attached the updated patch. If nobody does challenge the "Solution
2" I think we have the appropriate implementation.

Note: I just received my coreutils assignment PDF file. I will print it
and send it this week.

Cheers,

Jeremy
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