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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt index 794194bad6..beca98d754 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt @@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ There are some macros to easily define options: `OPT_ARGUMENT(long, description)`:: Introduce a long-option argument that will be kept in `argv[]`. +`OPT_NUMBER_CALLBACK(&var, description, func_ptr)`:: + Recognize numerical options like -123 and feed the integer as + if it was an argument to the function given by `func_ptr`. + The result will be put into `var`. There can be only one such + option definition. It cannot be negated and it takes no + arguments. Short options that happen to be digits take + precedence over it. + The last element of the array must be `OPT_END()`. |