#ifndef SHHOPT_H
#define SHHOPT_H

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C"
{
#endif

    /* constants for recognized option types. */
    typedef enum
    {
	OPT_END,		/* nothing. used as ending element. */
	OPT_FLAG,		/* no argument following. sets variable to 1. */
	OPT_STRING,		/* string argument. */
	OPT_INT,		/* signed integer argument. */
	OPT_UINT,		/* unsigned integer argument. */
	OPT_LONG,		/* signed long integer argument. */
	OPT_ULONG,		/* unsigned long integer argument. */
	OPT_FLOAT		/* floating point argument. */
    } optArgType;

    /* flags modifying the default way options are handeled. */
#define OPT_CALLFUNC  1		/* pass argument to a function. */

    typedef struct
    {
	char shortName;		/* short option name. */
	const char *longName;	/* long option name, not including '--'. */
	optArgType type;	/* option type. */
	void *arg;		/* pointer to variable to fill with argument,
				 * or pointer to function if type == OPT_FUNC. */
	int flags;		/* modifier flags. */
    } optStruct;


    typedef struct
    {
	unsigned char short_allowed;	/* boolean */
	/* The syntax may include short (i.e. one-character) options.
	   These options may be stacked within a single token (e.g.
	   -abc = -a -b -c).  If this value is not true, the short option
	   member of the option table entry is meaningless and long 
	   options may have either one or two dashes.
	 */
	unsigned char allowNegNum;	/* boolean */
	/* Anything that starts with - and then a digit is a numeric
	   parameter, not an option 
	 */
	optStruct *opt_table;
    } optStruct2;

    void optSetFatalFunc(void (*f) (const char *, ...));
    void optParseOptions(int *argc, char *argv[],
			 optStruct opt[], int allowNegNum);
    void optParseOptions2(int *const argc_p, char *argv[],
			  const optStruct2 opt, const unsigned long flags);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif