Scott Rotondo writes: > Garrett D'Amore wrote: > > That said, I do sort of think that the rule you have, while workable, is > > more confusing and violates the principle of least surprise. (I.e. > > you added a switch by accident which suddenly changed the meaning of > > other options in a totally unexpected fashion.) > > This approach (interpreting the options as either BSD or SVR4 depending > on whether the dash is present) has been used for ps on other systems > before. I don't think anyone will be terribly surprised.
Depending on the presence of "-" isn't novel. Other OSes have done this before. Inspecting the options in a presumed-BSD-ish list and reverting to SVR4 behavior if an unexpected option is seen _is_ new, and it's what caused both Garrett and me to say something. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
