getoptspecific
Getoptspecific is a term used to describe a helper function or method in command-line option parsing libraries that retrieves the value associated with a single specified option after parsing. It is not standardized across languages, but the concept appears in various forms as a convenience wrapper for accessing parsed option data.
In typical usage, getoptspecific takes two inputs: the option identifier (such as a short flag like -o
Some language ecosystems implement getoptspecific as part of a higher-level interface rather than as a standalone
Common considerations include how defaults are defined, how required versus optional options are treated, and how