From: tromey AT cygnus DOT com (Tom Tromey)
Subject: Re: @file
3 Mar 1998 10:00:09 -0800
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>> What about a long option? Something like --indirect=file.

Christopher> I like that.  It is less intrusive on the name space.

Hmm... I think it is more intrusive, because a program is more likely
to have a long option named --indirect than it is to have an option
named -@.

Tom