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bug#24949: Command-line argument parsing: named daemons
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Andreas Schwab |
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bug#24949: Command-line argument parsing: named daemons |
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Mon, 08 Jan 2018 09:44:23 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.90 (gnu/linux) |
On Jan 07 2018, Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've just re-checked this. The manual states: "When a long option takes an
> argument, you can use either a space or an equal sign to separate the
> option name and the argument. Thus, you can write either
> @samp{--display sugar-bombs:0.0} or @samp{--display=sugar-bombs:0.0}. "
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> So it's even documented that both forms should work.
That's only true for options with a non-optional argument. For optional
arguments the equal sign is required, otherwise it doesn't know whether
the argument belongs to the option.
Andreas.
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