Re: [Boost-users] Boost Program Options: Just curiosity, why double dashes ?

Hi! This is POSIX standard. Regards, Ovanes On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Mauricio Gomes wrote:

I am studying Boost Program Options library and I am curious, why was it choosen double dashes as the token to identify an option in the command line ?

Example: my_program --help

Would not a single dash be enough and less verbose ? What is the rationale behind that ?

Thanks, -- Mauricio Gomes "Think globally, act locally".

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