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+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Provide a C++ interface to getopt.
+// Calculate things that can be calculated, to ensure consistency,
+// and so the programmer doesn't need to duplicate effort.
+
+using namespace std;
+
+#include <iostream>     /* needed by some compilers */
+#include "Getopt.h"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+int getopt_long(int argc, char * const argv[],
+                  const struct option *longopts, int *longindex){
+
+  string optstring;
+  const struct option * pp;
+  for (pp = longopts; pp->name; pp++){
+    if (pp->val < 0 || pp->val > 255) {
+      cerr << "Cannot handle val " <<  pp->val
+	<<  " for option '" << pp->name << "'" << endl;
+    } else {
+//      cerr << pp->name << "'" << char(pp->val) << "'" << endl;
+      optstring += char(pp->val);
+      if (pp->has_arg == 1) optstring += ':';
+      if (pp->has_arg == 2) optstring += "::";
+    }
+  }
+//  cerr << optstring << endl;
+  return getopt_long(argc, argv, optstring.c_str(), longopts, longindex);
+}