Hugh Sasse wrote: <snip> >># User passes "--name dan --age=35 -m -m -v" > > > Will one be able to write that as > -mmv --name dan --age=35 > or not? I expect it makes parsing trickier. I don't do it for > single letter options that take parameters except > tar -cvf tarfile - > so I could live without it. Not at the moment, but it wouldn't be difficult to add it. > Thank you. Simplifying the interface is usually the right thing to > do :-) > > Thank you, > Hugh You're welcome. :) - Dan