On 2023-01-02 13:22, Chandler Sobel-Sorenson wrote:
Unfortunately backward-compatibility concerns are real,
Such as?
I imagine lots of programs read the current output format. GNU 'sort'
does. I haven't investigated all such programs.
The current behavior has been in place since Larry McVoy contributed it
in 1996. It'd take a pretty strong argument to change it now. Mere
dislike wouldn't suffice.
this is about your programs outputting WRONG and INCORRECT values,
inconsistent with reality
"Inconsistent with reality" is hyperbole; this is merely disagreement
about notation.
All you need to do is add an "i" to -h's prefixes
That would bloat the output and introduce compatibility concerns as
mentioned above.
