"Stephen J. Turnbull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>>>>> "zooko" == zooko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > zooko> I keep finding myself writing "--log-file" and then getting > zooko> an error message and then having to correct it to > zooko> "--logfile". The other commands that I'm using on the same > zooko> command line, such as "--delete-log" have a "-" separating > zooko> each English word. I suggest "--log-file" for the same > zooko> reason. > > I wonder if it would cause practical problems if after the initial > dash-pair, dashes were ignored in the names of long options. zsh has > long had something like that (at least when setting options from the > shell prompt), ignoring various kinds of separators as well as being > case-insensitive.
I think this sounds too much like defensive programming or some such. I can also imagine people getting really confused when several different things work. "Hm...is --log-file different than --logfile?" I think it is bad to have hidden ways of using the flags. I agree with Zooko. This should be changed to --log-file. Jason _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.abridgegame.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
