John Plocher wrote:
> Design nit:
>
> For the choice of delimiter, if the "read" routines already handle
> the escape sequences AND you are generating all the output, you could
> as easily generate MAC addrs in an escaped form and the consuming
> shell wouldn't need to care. (yes, MAC addrs of the form xx\:yy\:zz
> would show up in the output stream, but (other than being ugly) would
> add no effective complexity to their use...)
>
>
> Architectural "bigger than nit":
>
> The question of having a common "parsable format" across all of the
> various OpenSolaris utilities -vs- per utility and/or per-family
> quirks and gratuitous differences *IS* an architectural issue. IMHO,
> there should be utility code in the system that both generates AND
> parses a common format so everyone does not end up reinventing this
> wheel.
I have three letters, which may be unpopular:
X-M-L
-- Garrett
