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Re: [std-proposals] A draft for a std::arguments proposal

From: Jeremy Rifkin <rifkin.jer_at_[hidden]>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 00:33:36 -0500
> Is std::arguments modifiable?

>From the paper: "std::arguments is entirely read-only in order to not
introduce dangers surrounding global mutable state."

Jeremy

On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 12:44 PM Thiago Macieira via Std-Proposals
<std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> On Sunday 13 October 2024 09:36:20 GMT-7 Sebastian Wittmeier via Std-Proposals
> wrote:
> > A command line is like a parameter to main, main should decide, whom to
> > forward it to.
>
> Is std::arguments modifiable? Because one of the main reasons for passing argc
> & argv to libraries is to allow them to reorder the arguments and then remove
> those that they've already parsed out of the list, so the application doesn't
> see them at all.
>
> This feature may not be in the first revision of the API, but there needs to be
> a line of sight to having it.
>
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