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Re: [PATCH] manual: Document optind zero set behaviour (BZ#23157)
On 05/29/2018 06:45 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> It's not just test cases. Some GNU programs set optind=0 and expect
> this to cause getopt_long to rescan. The Coreutils programs env,
> nice, and stty all do this. This suggests that getopt_long should
> keep this behavior and its documentation, and that for consistency's
> sake getopt should also keep doing it.
Excellent, this is all proof conclusive that we need:
* Document optind=0 setting.
* Add a testcase to cover this specifically and call it out.
Adhemerval can you post a v2 with a test case and I'll review that?
Cheers,
Carlos.