Multiple longNames

[Ponyboy47]

Not sure if this is part of the POSIX spec or not, but would it be desirable to allow a Flag to have multiple longNames? There are certain abbreviations I use in my scripts for command names, but I like to expose/permit the unabbreviated version as well.
ie: Both --abr value and --average-bit-rate value would be valid

[thii]

Yes, both abbreviated and long version should be permitted. You can take a look at the git commit command as an example. All below do the same thing.

git commit -m add -m file
git commit -m add --message file
git commit --message add --message file

[Ponyboy47]

Short names are restricted to a single character though. I'm talking about having more than one long names available for a single flag.
If you notice in my example, both used double dashes and the longName 'abr' would basically be an alias for the longer name 'average-bit-rate'.

ie:

let flag = Flag(longNames: "abr", "average-bit-rate", type: Int.self, description: "The bit rate to which to constrain a video encoding")

[thii]

I couldn't find any documentation about this in the standards. Do you have an example of a utility that allows this?

By the way, I don't think we should allow having more than long names available for a single flag. It would defeat the purpose of the long name is to be descriptive, and would make it harder for documenting.

[Ponyboy47]

I can't say that I know of any specific examples and if there's nothing in the standards then I won't push for this. It's not something I specifically need per-say but have found it useful on from time to time.

I do agree that it would make documenting more difficult and after spending a small amount of time seeing if I could implement it, it basically required a substantial rewrite. Definitely not worth the effort for the small amount of benefit in only a small number of situations.