Zsh Mailing List Archive Messages sorted by: Reverse Date, Date, Thread, Author

Re: [PATCH] zparseopts: allow omitting array

X-seq: zsh-workers 53303
From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] zparseopts: allow omitting array
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 08:43:11 -0800
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/workers/53303>
In-reply-to: <a7e6b0f9-39ec-4043-941f-b14bd3e1f869@app.fastmail.com>
List-id: <zsh-workers.zsh.org>
References: <a7e6b0f9-39ec-4043-941f-b14bd3e1f869@app.fastmail.com>

On Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM dana <dana@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> it's always been an error if none of -a, -A, or at least one spec with =array
> is given to zparseopts. but i don't see why this needs to be the case.

I had always presumed that the requirement for an array was to prevent
people from making baffling mistakes.

> there
> are situations where you just don't care about storing the options. my
> previous message contains an example

You mean the test cases?  Or a more-previous message?

Anyway I think I'd prefer that the array be optional only when one of
-D or -F is present.  I'm undecided about -E.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [PATCH] zparseopts: allow omitting array
  - From: dana

References:
- [PATCH] zparseopts: allow omitting array
  - From: dana

Messages sorted by: Reverse Date, Date, Thread, Author