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[PATCH] getopt-long: Allow digit options.

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From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-guile <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] getopt-long: Allow digit options.
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2018 14:23:40 +0200

* module/ice-9/getopt-long.scm (short-opt-rx): Allow digits too.  Allows
implementing `ls -1' command line.
---
 module/ice-9/getopt-long.scm | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/module/ice-9/getopt-long.scm b/module/ice-9/getopt-long.scm
index 14eaf8e23..c3e390168 100644
--- a/module/ice-9/getopt-long.scm
+++ b/module/ice-9/getopt-long.scm
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 	  ((string=? "--" (car no)) (cons (reverse yes) (cdr no)))
 	  (else (loop (cons (car no) yes) (cdr no))))))
 
-(define short-opt-rx           (make-regexp "^-([a-zA-Z]+)(.*)"))
+(define short-opt-rx           (make-regexp "^-([a-zA-Z0-9]+)(.*)"))
 (define long-opt-no-value-rx   (make-regexp "^--([^=]+)$"))
 (define long-opt-with-value-rx (make-regexp "^--([^=]+)=(.*)"))
 
-- 
2.18.0

Message #8 received at 32154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dale Mellor <guile-qf1qmg <at> rdmp.org>
To: 32154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: This patch breaks tests and is irrelevant now
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 11:09:11 +0100

Note that this patch breaks an existing test (since 2001), namely

(option-ref (getopt-long
              (list "prog" "-f4")
              '((foo
                 (value optional)
                 (single-char #\f))
                (bar)))
             'foo #f)

bails out with 

prog: no such option: -4


The only way to deal with this is to give getopt-long more intelligence in determining where command-line arguments are option
values or otherwise; this is the subject of #40719 which also allows numerical short options, but doesn't break the test suite.

My suggestion would be to dismiss (close) this bug report at this time.

Message #11 received at 32154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dale Mellor <guile-qf1qmg <at> rdmp.org>
To: 32154 <32154 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: This issue is now dealt with by #42669
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2020 11:51:18 +0100

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