On Thu, 22 Jan 2015 19:59:55 +0100, Doug Evans wrote:
> I think you're splitting hairs here.
> 
> > +  if (cmd != NULL && (check_for_argument (&cmd, "-ascending", strlen ("-asc"))))
> 
> strlen ("-ascending")

OK, thanks.  GDB still cannot use starts_with().


> Also, remove the extra parens around check_for_argument?

Yes.


Jan