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+2002-08-06 Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>
+
+ * 17504: Doc/Zsh/builtins.yo: note that `getopts' doesn't
+ recognise a single `-' as a valid option argument. The
+ behaviour is consistent with bash and Solaris sh.
+
2002-08-05 Peter Stephenson <pws@csr.com>
* 17502 (with some additional comments): Test/B01cd.ztst,
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@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ Checks the var(arg)s for legal options. If the var(arg)s are omitted,
use the positional parameters. A valid option argument
begins with a `tt(PLUS())' or a `tt(-)'. An argument not beginning with
a `tt(PLUS())' or a `tt(-)', or the argument `tt(--)', ends the options.
+Note that a single `tt(-)' is not considered a valid option argument.
var(optstring) contains the letters that tt(getopts)
recognizes. If a letter is followed by a `tt(:)', that option
is expected to have an argument. The options can be