On 5/27/24 12:55, Peter Krempa wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 11:18:50 +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote: >> We currently require full argument specification: >> >> virt-admin daemon-timeout --timeout X >> >> Well, the '--timeout' feels a bit redundant. Turn the argument >> into a positional so that the following works too: >> >> virt-admin daemon-timeout X >> >> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <[email protected]> >> --- >> docs/manpages/virt-admin.rst | 2 +- >> tools/virt-admin.c | 1 + >> 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > It was a bit of a deliberate decision, because any positional argument > can't be made optional and must be kept in order. Historically also the > parser did weird things for stuff that wasn't really considered > positional but was parsed so regardless. > > In this case though ... I can't really see another option being added or > timeout becoming optional especially since '0' is used as way to disable > the timeout.
This was exactly my internal reasoning when writing this patch because I too dislike positional arguments. > > So your justification here makes sense, it's just that I really don't > like positional arguments. Since our docs are fixed by previous patch, this one is just a 'shortcut' and strictly speaking it's not needed. I can drop it, I don't mind. > > Reviewed-by: Peter Krempa <[email protected]> > Michal
