Patrick Schoenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ehh.. forgotten to write about this one: > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 09:09:09PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: >> - demonstrate --check --pedantic failing due to invalid first line >> (ensure it still processes following ones -- should it warn >> about each? or just the first?) > > I don't have a strong opinion about this, but I wonder which behaviour > would be the best: Process every line without stopping on the first > invalid line or Process every line until one invalid line is found (like > it is implemented currently). From your sentence I guess you'd prefer > the first? Is this a strong requirement in order for the patch to be > included into coreutils? Otherwise I'd like to hear the submitters > opinion as well.
It should process every line. My question was whether to emit a diagnostic for each _malformed_ line, or just for the first or maybe the first few. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
