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Re: cpplib: Command line assertions made easier


On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 08:47:19PM +0000, Neil Booth wrote:
> Zack suggested this back in April I think.  This allows specifying
> assertions on the command line, like
> 
>   -A predicate=answer
> 
> rather than
> 
>   -A predicate(answer)
> 
> (though the latter is still allowed).  The former does not fall afoul
> of shell special characters.
> 
> Includes doc update and test.

Cool.  I do wonder if anybody uses -A.  Of course, I've wondered that since
either I first read about it or it was put in....

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