On 5/21/2013 8:29 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 5/21/13 5:44 AM, Timothee Cour wrote:
Abstract:
This DIP seeks to improve dmd and rdmd's command line flags, to make it
more self-consistent and consistent with other tools (including other D
compilers), more expandable, avoid existing corner cases, and better
interact with other tools such as rdmd. It also proposes new flags and
proposes a simple deprecation path to follow.
Link:
http://wiki.dlang.org/DIP41
I think this DIP should be rejected. Even if implemented to perfection it would
do nothing to make D better.
Overhauling command line syntax would only help if the situation was unbearable
or if people couldn't do what they wanted to do. As things go I find the
situation marginally clunkier than it could be, but command line syntax can
never be beautiful or perfect.
I generally agree with Andrei here. People hate it when their makefiles break.
There needs to be an awfully good reason to do it, not just clean up.
Also,
dmd -man
suffices for "long help". There is no reason to have 3 different help texts.
