> From: Tobias Oetiker > sure ... I just think that it is pretty simple to have a single function > which does both ... you can give it either the name of an RRD or an AT-Time > descr ... (argument overloading)
Understood. But, imo, positional parameter overloading is really Evil. For example: I think new users scanning the rrdcgi doc looking to pretty-print 'rrdtool last some.rrd' will skip right past "<RRD::TIMESTR>". If I scan rrdcgi doc and see "<RRD::TIME::TIMESTR>", I think my reaction would be "ahh, for printing time strings" and my reaction to "<RRD::TIME::LAST>" would be "cool, for printing the last update time for an RRD". I will say no more until I can send along a patch kit. later steve - - - systems guy wiscnet.net -- * To unsubscribe from the rrd-developers mailing list, send a message with the subject: unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
