From 122b50e26dcea38bcb7814a0846a528d8b23732a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mes5k <mes5k>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:08:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] patch that allows arg start strings to be pound defined to
 easily conform to different platforms

---
 include/tclap/Arg.h | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/tclap/Arg.h b/include/tclap/Arg.h
index 31accb4..b28eef1 100644
--- a/include/tclap/Arg.h
+++ b/include/tclap/Arg.h
@@ -64,12 +64,15 @@ namespace TCLAP {
 class Arg
 {
 	private:
+		/**
+		 * Prevent accidental copying.
+		 */
+		Arg(const Arg& rhs);
 
-	/**
-	 * Prevent accidental copying
-	 */
-	Arg(const Arg& rhs);
-	Arg& operator=(const Arg& rhs);
+		/**
+		 * Prevent accidental copying.
+		 */
+		Arg& operator=(const Arg& rhs);
 
 		/**
 		 * Indicates whether the rest of the arguments should be ignored.
@@ -214,21 +217,32 @@ class Arg
 		static char blankChar() { return (char)7; }
 
 		/**
-		 * The char that indicates the beginning of a flag.  Currently '-'.
+		 * The char that indicates the beginning of a flag.  Defaults to '-', but
+		 * clients can define TCLAP_FLAGSTARTCHAR to override.
 		 */
-		static char flagStartChar() { return '-'; }
+#ifndef TCLAP_FLAGSTARTCHAR
+#define TCLAP_FLAGSTARTCHAR '-'
+#endif
+		static char flagStartChar() { return TCLAP_FLAGSTARTCHAR; }
 
 		/**
-		 * The sting that indicates the beginning of a flag.  Currently "-".
-		 * Should be identical to flagStartChar.
+		 * The sting that indicates the beginning of a flag.  Defaults to "-", but
+		 * clients can define TCLAP_FLAGSTARTSTRING to override. Should be the same
+		 * as TCLAP_FLAGSTARTCHAR.
 		 */
-		static const std::string flagStartString() { return "-"; }
+#ifndef TCLAP_FLAGSTARTSTRING
+#define TCLAP_FLAGSTARTSTRING "-"
+#endif
+		static const std::string flagStartString() { return TCLAP_FLAGSTARTSTRING; }
 
 		/**
-		 * The sting that indicates the beginning of a name.  Currently "--".
-		 * Should be flagStartChar twice.
+		 * The sting that indicates the beginning of a name.  Defaults to "--", but
+		 *  clients can define TCLAP_NAMESTARTSTRING to override.
 		 */
-		static const std::string nameStartString() { return "--"; }
+#ifndef TCLAP_NAMESTARTSTRING
+#define TCLAP_NAMESTARTSTRING "--"
+#endif
+		static const std::string nameStartString() { return TCLAP_NAMESTARTSTRING; }
 
 		/**
 		 * The name used to identify the ignore rest argument.