[PATCH] Extra Command Line library functionality (option grouping and runtime inspection/modification)

[Daniel Liew]

On 22/04/13 11:02, Daniel Liew wrote:

I tweaked the implementation and documentation slightly. The new version
of the patches are attached.

> Ping
> On 18/04/13 04:46, Daniel Liew wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've reworked my patches and redesigned a few bits. Now there is no
>> -help-cat. There is just the -help command line option. If two or more
>> option categories are declared then the behaviour of -help automatically
>> changes so it shows categorized output instead of uncategorized output.
>> When -help produces categorized output an option -help-list becomes
>> unhidden which will produce uncategorized output.
>>
>> I have also documented my work in the Sphinx documentation in my patches.
>>
>> The patches are attached. They were generated with git, they seem to
>> apply ok although git complains about trailing white space.
>>
>> My git branch with these patches on can be found at
>> https://github.com/delcypher/llvm/tree/new-llvm-cmd
>>
>> I also have a sample project that compiles against my API changes at
>> https://github.com/delcypher/sample-llvm-cmd
>>
>>> Sorry. Normally, a maintainer of that area should check the patches, but 
>>> looking at the git history, it seems there is not a single person to 
>>> point to. Someone feels capable?
>>
>> What do you suggest I do? I could e-mail the top 3 committers (by line)
>> who are...
>>
>> Chris Latner
>> Andrew Trick
>> Jim Laskey
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dan Liew.
>>
>>
> 

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