[help-gengetopt]Re: Patch for scanner.l

[nbecker]

>>>>> "Lorenzo" == Lorenzo Bettini <address@hidden> writes:

    Lorenzo> address@hidden wrote:
    >> 
    >> With this patch, scanner is simplified and now accepts arbitrary
    >> character strings between "".

    Lorenzo> Thank you for the patch :-)

    Lorenzo> what was the problem with the other version (I'm asking because I 
had
    Lorenzo> not written that part, and I'd like to document the modification)?

It allowed only characters in the set :alnum: and "-".  I happened to
use some others.  But removing this restriction actually makes the code
simpler, so why not?

    Lorenzo> I noticed that you are not subscribed to the list, would you like 
me to
    Lorenzo> subscribe you? It's a moderated list, infact I had to approve your
    Lorenzo> posting as you're not member, so you won't receive spamming :-)

Thanks, but no, not right now.