>>>>> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:39:10 +0000, Dave Shield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Dave> According to your description above, the config file
Dave> setting ("public") should take precedence over the
Dave> short command line argument "-c private".
Dave> But it doesn't, and it's right not to.
That's unfortunately one of the exceptions because there is specific
logic there being used.
The issue stems from how things work:
- we parse command line options *before* reading configuration, since
configuration could be affected.
- -- based command line options are "saved" till (*)
- config files are parsed
- options saved from (*) are "replayed" as configuration file tokens
Sometimes the precedence works like you'd expect (-c) and sometimes it
doesn't (oid output formatting).
The sad thing is that this all stems from a backwards-compatibility
decision that I no longer even remember from back in the 4->5
transition phase. Part of it is that the default store stuff is used
in a lot of places, and it has no knowledge of what should trump what
because from it's perspective "something" is telling it to change the
value. This is what will need a lot of reworking to make it behave
properly. It's definitely 5.4 material, if someone has the energy.
Dave> But it would be better to fix things so that the command
Dave> line arguments take precedence, just as everyone naturally
Dave> expects.
Agreed. It's the details that make it tricky.
If you want someone to blame, feel free to blame me ;-)
--
Wes Hardaker
Sparta, Inc.
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