It would lead to an inconsistency with all of the other compiler
options that adhere to the underscore convention:

--decode_raw
--descriptor_set_out
--disallow_services
--include_imports
--proto_path

I think either all or none of them should be changed.

-dave

On Jan 12, 2:48 pm, Kenton Varda <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, hackiness usually leads to deeper problems.  For example, if there's
> two ways to write the flag, then it's harder to grep for usages of it,
> particularly if you aren't actually aware that there are multiple ways to
> write it.  I'm still leaning against this.
> Anyone else have an opinion?
>
> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 1:52 PM, David Biesack <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>
>
> > As a user, I'm less concerned with the internal hackiness level, more
> > so with the consistent
> > interface :-) The code is clean enough to support both, it appears.
> > I'd vote for it;
> > I can contribute some code if you like.
>
> > On Jan 12, 2:08 pm, Kenton Varda <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hmm, you're probably right that the arguments should have used hyphens
> > > rather than underscores.  That said, we certainly can't just change it
> > > without breaking people, and accepting both seems hacky.
>
> > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 10:19 AM, David Biesack <[email protected]
> > >wrote:
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