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accessing multiple flagged values with (ice-9 getopt-long)

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com>
Cc: Matt Wette <matthew.wette <at> verizon.net>, 21698 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21698: accessing multiple flagged values with (ice-9
 getopt-long)
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:30:36 +0200

Hello,

Andy Wingo <wingo <at> pobox.com> skribis:

> Thanks for the patch.  My instinct however is to point you towards
> SRFI-37, which in addition to supporting multiple argument values can
> also be used to fold over the precise argument order.  I just don't know
> that we should be expanding (ice-9 getopt-long); it has its use case and
> if your needs go beyond it, then probably your needs go way beyond it.
>
>   https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/SRFI_002d37.html
>
> Ludovic, second opinions?

Seconded.  I think we should probably “freeze” (ice-9 getopt-long) and
recommend SRFI-37.

Ludo’.

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