On 5/28/05, Zoran Vasiljevic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Am 28.05.2005 um 21:01 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> > I like this but can it be list instead of oneof
> >
> > ns_proc connect {{-eightbit flag} {{-speed list {1200 2400 4800}}
> > 4800} {port /dev/ttya}}
> >
>
> Of course it can. But Stephen is not very optimistic
> about the syntax altogether...
Well, the above example is wrong. It should be:
ns_proc connect {{{-eightbit flag}} {{-speed list ...
Nested lists are clearly unusable.
> I'm afraid we do not have very much options about all that.
> Either we drop the type checking and therefore accept no
> flag-type arguments or similar, or we do something like above
> and be faced with more complex writing.
The other option is -eightbit:flag syntax. It's not perfect, but it's
better than nested lists and has ~5 years of usage in the ACS behind
it.
