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/*  Arg_parser - A POSIX/GNU command line argument parser. C version
    Copyright (C) 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Antonio Diaz Diaz.

    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

/*  Arg_parser reads the arguments in `argv' and creates a number of
    option codes, option arguments and non-option arguments.

    In case of error, `ap_error' returns a non-null pointer to an error
    message.

    `options' is an array of `struct ap_Option' terminated by an element
    containing a code which is zero. A null name means a short-only
    option. A code value outside the unsigned char range means a
    long-only option.

    Arg_parser normally makes it appear as if all the option arguments
    were specified before all the non-option arguments for the purposes
    of parsing, even if the user of your program intermixed option and
    non-option arguments. If you want the arguments in the exact order
    the user typed them, call `ap_init' with `in_order' = true.

    The argument `--' terminates all options; any following arguments are
    treated as non-option arguments, even if they begin with a hyphen.

    The syntax for optional option arguments is `-<short_option><argument>'
    (without whitespace), or `--<long_option>=<argument>'.
*/

typedef enum { ap_no, ap_yes, ap_maybe } ap_Has_arg;

typedef struct
  {
  int code;			// Short option letter or code ( code != 0 )
  const char * name;		// Long option name (maybe null)
  ap_Has_arg has_arg;
  }
ap_Option;


typedef struct
  {
  int code;
  char * argument;
  }
ap_Record;


typedef struct
  {
  ap_Record * data;
  char * error;
  int data_size;
  int error_size;
  }
Arg_parser;


char ap_init( Arg_parser * ap, const int argc, const char * const argv[],
              const ap_Option options[], const char in_order );

void ap_free( Arg_parser * ap );

const char * ap_error( const Arg_parser * ap );

    // The number of arguments parsed (may be different from argc)
int ap_arguments( const Arg_parser * ap );

    // If ap_code( i ) is 0, ap_argument( i ) is a non-option.
    // Else ap_argument( i ) is the option's argument (or empty).
int ap_code( const Arg_parser * ap, const int i );

const char * ap_argument( const Arg_parser * ap, const int i );