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+
+#ifndef PARSE_OPTIONS_H
+#define PARSE_OPTIONS_H
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+enum parse_opt_type {
+    OPTION_BOOL,
+    OPTION_GROUP,
+    OPTION_STRING,
+    OPTION_INTEGER,
+    OPTION_OPTSTRING,
+    OPTION_END,
+};
+
+struct options {
+    enum parse_opt_type type;
+    int short_name;
+    const char *long_name;
+    void *value;
+    const char *argh;
+    const char *help;
+};
+
+/*
+ * s - short_name
+ * l - long_name
+ * v - value
+ * a - argh argument help
+ * h - help
+ */
+#define OPT_END()                    { OPTION_END }
+#define OPT_BOOL(s, l, v, h)         { OPTION_BOOL, (s), (l), (v), NULL, (h) }
+#define OPT_GROUP(h)                 { OPTION_GROUP, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, (h) }
+#define OPT_INTEGER(s, l, v, h)      { OPTION_INTEGER, (s), (l), (v), "n", (h) }
+#define OPT_STRING(s, l, v, a, h)    { OPTION_STRING, (s), (l), (v), (a), (h) }
+#define OPT_OPTSTRING(s, l, v, a, h) { OPTION_OPTSTRING, (s), (l), (v), (a), (h) }
+
+#define OPT__VERBOSE(v)     OPT_BOOL('v', "verbose", (v), "be verbose")
+
+unsigned parse_opts(int argc, char **argv, const struct options *opt,
+                const char *usage);
+
+void parse_usage_and_die(const char *usage, const struct options *opt);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif