(Reposting to cc list; look for my embedded comment.) On Fri Feb 27 21:13:30 2009, coke wrote: > On Fri Oct 19 17:20:38 2007, particle wrote: > > i've added -R, --runcore options to parrot in r22284, with > documentation > > and tests. see C<parrot --help> and C<perldoc docs/running.pod> for > details. > > > > next we need to decide what to do about the old options. when do we > > deprecate them? how do we migrate to the new syntax? etc. if you > have > > ideas, let them be known by replying here. > > > > i suggest we migrate all existing code to the new options at once, > > This part never happened. =-) > > I have a patch nearly ready to go to rip these out, but am having a > problem with t/harness ; > there is code to make "-b" convert to "--runcore=bounds", but it seems > broken: > > If I deliberately put an error in one of the test files, I can see: > $ make testb > <SNIP> > ./parrot -b -D40 --gc-debug -O1 > --output=t/compilers/imcc/imcpasm/cfg_1.pasm > > Once "t/harness -b" passes the right option to parrot, I can run a > fulltest and then commit > my patch. > > Hopefully this is a simple perl task for someone to tackle. > > > and > > mark the old options as deprecated. however, i'd like to see the old > > options stay around for a while, perhaps with a runtime warning > after > > the 0.5.0 release, a fatal error after 0.6.0, and removal in 0.7.0. > > those last two release numbers are flexible. > > > > your thoughts? > > ~jerry
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