cvs commit: fptools/libraries/Cabal/Distribution GetOpt.hs Setup.hs Simple.hs

[Simon Marlow]

On 06 January 2005 07:42, Isaac Jones wrote:

> ijones      2005/01/05 23:42:11 PST
> 
>   Modified files:
>     libraries/Cabal/Distribution Setup.hs Simple.hs
>   Added files:
>     libraries/Cabal/Distribution GetOpt.hs
>   Log:
>   fixed checking for unknown args
>   Long story:
> 
>   It seems that Marvin removed my beautiful and powerful "getOpt"
>   alterations to use the System.Console one, which I had already
>   deemed to be non-beautiful because of the errors it spews when
>   faced with arguments it doesn't understand.
> 
>   I think Marvin misunderstood the API docs that seem to suggest that
>   the "commands" that get passed back from getOpt are the non-matched
>   arguments.  In fact, non-matched arguments get returned as errors
>   (ewwwww).
> 
>   So I had to re-apply my GetOpt module, and alter the parser
>   accordingly.

It would be nice to add this functionality to System.Console.GetOpt, at
some point.

Cheers,
	Simon