haskell / haskell/cabal

Modernize command-line parsing with optparse-applicative

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cabal-install: other Cabal: other re: options type: refactor
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Is there any interest in replacing the `System.Console.GetOpt` code with a more modern `optparse-applicative` style options parser? If so, hm - maybe I'll take a stab. It could be a lot of work for little benefit, unless the existing options parsing code is slowing people down.

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