On Feb 5, 2006, at 6:07 AM, Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:

> That's a good point.  Maybe a variable-sized array of key/value pairs
> could be better.  Then, the representation as an "options string"  
> could
> be up to the userland utility.

I'm a big fan of Mac OS X-style XML property lists and their  
associated "dictionary" data structure.

-- thorpej