On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:23, Mark H. David mhd@yv.org wrote:
Anyone with some thoughts on which command line parser is good to use? There seem to be n of them out there. None really stands out, that I can tell. Must be quicklisp readable, other than that, I don't have any kind of fancy requirements. Just something simple, and reliable. Widely used would be good, and/or well maintained. Any pro tips?
I wrote and use command-line-arguments, which is not the greatest imaginable, but is 100% portable and works well. git clone git://common-lisp.net/projects/qitab/command-line-arguments.git
Didier Verna's CLON has all the bells and whistles you could dream of and then some, but has stricter system dependency requirements and seems harder to package out. http://www.lrde.epita.fr/~didier/software/lisp/clon.php
Finally, if you're ready to accept SBCL only, Xach has something as part of buildapp. http://www.xach.com/lisp/buildapp/
Tell us what you use in the end, and why, and whether there are more such libraries to consider.
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