On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:10:55 +1100 Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 07:30:40AM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote: > > > > What about 'ip r'? I've seen quite a few uses of that since it > > always referred to 'ip route'. > > > > I'd prefer if we can just keep the existing behaviour rather than > > making it an error. > > Another reason to keep things like 'ip m' and 'ip r' working is that > unambiguous commands today could become ambiguous tomorrow with the > addition of new commands. > > If we outlaw all ambiguous commands then it makes abbreviations useless > in scripts. > > Cheers, I would rather reduce the surprise factor to new users, than worry about keeping total compatibility with lazy typists. Not everyone reads the source to know what the order is. Maybe just a nattering warning as a compromise. -- Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OSDL http://developer.osdl.org/~shemminger - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
