New version of getopt()

[Lloyd Zusman]

There was recently a heated discussion here in comp.lang.c as to the
merits and drawbacks of getopt(), especially with regard to how it
returns '?' on errors.  In light of this, I decided that I could write
a better getopt(), and I believe I have done so.  It is called
'egetopt()' (for "extended getopt()") and I have just netmailed it to
be posted in comp.sources.unix.

For those of you who believe that getopt() is perfect and should never
be improved (yes, I know you're out there!), egetopt() is designed to
exactly mirror its predecessor's behavior in the default case.  For
others who want some added features, I hope that this program will
prove to be useful.

Look for egetopt() in comp.sources.unix in the near future.


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