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Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> writes:

> Here's my take at a new command-line option parser to reduce wear on my
> fingers.  It handles both long and short options, permuting, automatic
> abbreviations, required arguments, optional arguments, and bundling.

Taken a superficial look at it.

Sounds nice, might be a tad too ambitious though.  Looks
intrusive at places.

And scary, especially the "eat" macros are very scary.

I have to think about it a bit.