+/** No option, just a piece of help text. **/
+#define OPT_HELP(line) { .help = line, .cls = OPT_CL_HELP }
+
+/** Standard `--help` option. **/
+#define OPT_HELP_OPTION OPT_CALL(0, "help", opt_handle_help, NULL, OPT_BEFORE_CONFIG | OPT_INTERNAL | OPT_NO_VALUE, "\tShow this help")
+
+/** Boolean option. @target should be a variable of type `int`. **/
+#define OPT_BOOL(shortopt, longopt, target, fl, desc) { .letter = shortopt, .name = longopt, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(&target, int *), .help = desc, .flags = fl, .cls = OPT_CL_BOOL, .type = CT_INT }
+
+/** String option. @target should be a variable of type `char *`. **/
+#define OPT_STRING(shortopt, longopt, target, fl, desc) { .letter = shortopt, .name = longopt, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(&target, char **), .help = desc, .flags = fl, .cls = OPT_CL_STATIC, .type = CT_STRING }
+
+/** Ordinary integer option. @target should be a variable of type `int`. **/
+#define OPT_INT(shortopt, longopt, target, fl, desc) { .letter = shortopt, .name = longopt, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(&target, int *), .help = desc, .flags = fl, .cls = OPT_CL_STATIC, .type = CT_INT }
+
+/** Unsigned integer option. @target should be a variable of type `uint`. **/
+#define OPT_UINT(shortopt, longopt, target, fl, desc) { .letter = shortopt, .name = longopt, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(&target, uint *), .help = desc, .flags = fl, .cls = OPT_CL_STATIC, .type = CT_INT }
+
+/** 64-bit integer option. @target should be a variable of type `u64`. **/
+#define OPT_U64(shortopt, longopt, target, fl, desc) { .letter = shortopt, .name = longopt, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(&target, u64 *), .help = desc, .flags = fl, .cls = OPT_CL_STATIC, .type = CT_U64 }
+
+/** Floating-point option. @target should be a variable of type `double`. **/
+#define OPT_DOUBLE(shortopt, longopt, target, fl, desc) { .letter = shortopt, .name = longopt, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(&target, double *), .help = desc, .flags = fl, .cls = OPT_CL_STATIC, .type = CT_DOUBLE }
+
+/** IP address option, currently IPv4 only. @target should be a variable of type `u32`. **/
+#define OPT_IP(shortopt, longopt, target, fl, desc) { .letter = shortopt, .name = longopt, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(&target, u32 *), .help = desc, .flags = fl, .cls = OPT_CL_STATIC, .type = CT_IP }
+
+/** Multi-valued string option. @target should be a growing array of `char *`s. **/
+#define OPT_STRING_MULTIPLE(shortopt, longopt, target, fl, desc) { .letter = shortopt, .name = longopt, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(&target, char ***), .help = desc, .flags = fl, .cls = OPT_CL_MULTIPLE, .type = CT_STRING }
+
+/** Multi-valued integer option. @target should be a growing array of `int`s. **/
+#define OPT_INT_MULTIPLE(shortopt, longopt, target, fl, desc) { .letter = shortopt, .name = longopt, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(&target, int **), .help = desc, .flags = fl, .cls = OPT_CL_MULTIPLE, .type = CT_INT }
+
+/** Multi-valued unsigned integer option. @target should be a growing array of `uint`s. **/
+#define OPT_UINT_MULTIPLE(shortopt, longopt, target, fl, desc) { .letter = shortopt, .name = longopt, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(&target, uint **), .help = desc, .flags = fl, .cls = OPT_CL_MULTIPLE, .type = CT_INT }
+
+/** Multi-valued 64-bit integer option. @target should be a growing array of `u64`s. **/
+#define OPT_U64_MULTIPLE(shortopt, longopt, target, fl, desc) { .letter = shortopt, .name = longopt, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(&target, u64 **), .help = desc, .flags = fl, .cls = OPT_CL_MULTIPLE, .type = CT_U64 }
+
+/** Multi-valued floating-point option. @target should be a growing array of `double`s. **/
+#define OPT_DOUBLE_MULTIPLE(shortopt, longopt, target, fl, desc) { .letter = shortopt, .name = longopt, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(&target, double **), .help = desc, .flags = fl, .cls = OPT_CL_MULTIPLE, .type = CT_DOUBLE }
+
+/** Multi-valued IPv4 address option. @target should be a growing array of `u32`s. **/
+#define OPT_IP_MULTIPLE(shortopt, longopt, target, fl, desc) { .letter = shortopt, .name = longopt, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(&target, u32 **), .help = desc, .flags = fl, .cls = OPT_CL_MULTIPLE, .type = CT_IP }
+
+/** Switch option. @target should be a variable of type `int` and it will be set to the value @val. **/
+#define OPT_SWITCH(shortopt, longopt, target, val, fl, desc) { .letter = shortopt, .name = longopt, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(&target, int *), .help = desc, .flags = fl, .cls = OPT_CL_SWITCH, .type = CT_LOOKUP, .u.value = val }
+
+/** Incrementing option. @target should be a variable of type `int`. **/
+#define OPT_INC(shortopt, longopt, target, fl, desc) { .letter = shortopt, .name = longopt, .ptr = CHECK_PTR_TYPE(&target, int *), .flags = fl, .help = desc, .cls = OPT_CL_INC, .type = CT_INT }
+
+/* FIXME: Backwards compatibility only, should not be used anymore. */
+#define OPT_UNS OPT_UINT
+#define OPT_UNS_MULTIPLE OPT_UINT_MULTIPLE