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Re: [bug-gnulib] Re: use of program_name


From: James Youngman
Subject: Re: [bug-gnulib] Re: use of program_name
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:26:13 +0000
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On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 02:49:45PM +0100, Bruno Haible wrote:

> And how about a runtime failure that occurs in every invocation? We
> could add a check in getopt() and getopt_long(), verifying that
> program_name is non-NULL. Most GNU programs use getopt() and
> getopt_long().

I like the principle of this check, but doesn't this produce a problem
with the process of syncing gnulib and glibc?  We're talking about a
permanent difference between the getopt() in glibc and the getopt() in
gnulib (since glibc should not force users to call
set_program_name()).  After all, there are plenty of non-GNU programs
that use getopt_long().

James.




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