GNU Gengetopt 2.22

[Lorenzo Bettini]

GNU Gengetopt 2.22 has been released.  It is available from
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gengetopt/ and mirrors of that site (see list of
mirror sites at http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html).

GNU Gengetopt generates a C function that uses getopt_long function
to parse the command line options, validate them and fill a
struct.

Version 2.22

   * avoid test suite if crosscompiling
   * generated code is averagely less verbose
   * generate a function to save the command line options into an open 
stream
     (thanks to Papp Gyozo).
   * given fields are unsigned also for non multiple options
   * removed compilation warnings for generated code when using
     -Wstrict-prototypes (thanks to Andre Noll)
   * added print_errors parameters to pass to generated parser function to
     suppress getopt_long message printing (thanks to J. David Bryan)
   * if h is specified as a short option, then --help is still 
automatically
     generated, the same holds for --version and v (thanks to J. David 
Bryan)
   * initializing of the structure for parser function parameters
     was changed in order to initialize the fields to their default values
     (instead of 0)
   * list of acceptable values for options can be have a type different 
from
     string and can have type enum (that will generate a C enum)
     (as suggested by Gyozo Papp)
   * usage string is printed only if not empty (as suggested by Gyozo Papp)
   * in case of hidden options, the generated help string array reuses the
     strings of the full help array (as suggested by Gyozo Papp)
   * the _help field for options is correctly generated even in the 
presence
     of additional text before and after an option and also groups
   * for an option one can specify the "details" which will be printed in
     case --detailed-help is specified
   * mode options: if an option of a mode is given no option of another
     mode can be specified (mutually exclusive groups of options)
   * can use ? as short option
   * --no-help, --no-version: don't add --help and --version automatically
     (the user can specify those options manually)
   * fixed a bug in generation of multiple options of type longlong


You can also find details about new features on my blog, in this area:
http://tronprog.blogspot.com/search/label/gengetopt.

Visit the Gengetopt home page at
http://www.gnu.org/software/gengetopt

Anonymous CVS access is available.  Please visit
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where you can find detailed descriptions of how to access the CVS
(read-only).  Release-candidate versions are available
through CVS.

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cheers
        Lorenzo

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