[PEPr] Comment on Console::Console_GetoptPlus

Michel Corne (http://pear.php.net/user/mcorne) has commented on the proposal for Console::Console_GetoptPlus. Comment: In reply to Travis' comment, the main differences between GetoptPlus and Console_CommandLine are the following: + GetoptPlus implements getopt(), getopt2(), doGetopt(), readPHPArgv() as in Console_getopt. It is PHP5 code and it throws Exception instead of using PEAR_ERROR. This was the main driver for writing this package, in line with PEAR's guidance to port packages from PHP4 to PHP5. + Other packages use Console_getopt or implement very similar built-in command line parsing mechanisms, they could easily benefit from GetoptPlus. + The getoptplus() enhanced method uses a simple array-based description of the command to specify option short names, long names, their types and usage. There is no need to call additional methods. + getoptplus() accepts option name shortcuts such as "--f" or "--for" for "--format". This is similar to other command line parsers and it is nice to have. + GetoptPlus will soon implement a Web interface to run command line through a browser. = GetoptPlus and Console_CommandLine can both generate the command usage automatically. - GetoptPlus does not handle sub commands nor option value types (or actions). As a side note, the package has been on sourceforge for 7 months or so. It took me that long to propose it to the Pear community: my bad... GetoptPlus is fully tested and production ready. I am already using it as a built-in class in other packages. I really would like to use it as a separate package, hoping it will be accepted. I believe there is room for both packages as they meet different needs. Proposal information: http://pear.php.net/pepr/pepr-proposal-show.php?id=524 -- Sent by PEPr, the automatic proposal system at http://pear.php.net