getopts behaviour on `-'

[Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>]

It seems a little strange that getopts doesn't treat a `-' argument the
same way as `--', which is what builtins do.  The manual page only
mentions `--', but then it doesn't actually say what happens with `-'
which slips through the gaps in the description.  What happens is that
the `-' is treated as a regular argument, it's not skipped as `--' is.
I think they should probably be treated the same, what does anyone else
think?

What about a `+' on its own?  I feel too cowardly to handle any of `+'
`++' or `+-' specially.

-- 
Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>                  Software Engineer
CSR Ltd., Science Park, Milton Road,
Cambridge, CB4 0WH, UK                          Tel: +44 (0)1223 692070


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