Re: Poll: syntax of long options

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From: Steve Savitzky
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1991 01:39

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For long options, how about ":"?  I sort of favor trailing colon (e.g.

  diff context:=2 new-file:

but leading colon would work, and is more like keyword syntax in
common lisp (in case it matters).

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