Re: [help-gengetopt] enums for string values

[Lorenzo Bettini]

Gyozo, PAPP (VBuster) wrote:
> Hi,
>
> " mhhh...  I really fear that as soon as I remove the string 
> " representations of enums some one will want it ;-)
> " 
> " thus I would keep both (for instance if you wanted to also print the 
> " string representations inserted by the user)
>
> Yes, you must be right. My suggestion was quite provocative. But it would be a 
> nightmare to introduce a new option type: (the real) enum or not? I prefer this 
> solution.

no, that should not be a problem; having both (strings and enums) will 
be the best thing I guess :-)

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