Andy Armstrong writes: > On 28 Nov 2007, at 21:06, Andy Lester wrote: > > > Which is why I said --testargs > > > > prove -v t/fetch.t --testargs http://wakeupandya.com/ > > I thought --testargs was a metasyntactic name for a test argument :) > > Sorry folks. I'm being even more dense than usual tonight.
Well I did exactly the same until Andy's second post! Borrowing the established meaning of -- means it can be understood (by at least some people) straight away; making anything new up especially for the purpose means everybody has to learn whatever is chosen. Also, because -- looks different from other options, it works well as a divider, making it more obvious that _everything_ that follows is distinct from that which went before, rather than it just being like a 'normal' option, where what follows are also options. Smylers
