Steven D'Aprano wrote:
And it isn't like you gain any extra clarity or expressiveness, or even a
major saving of typing! "-s" vs "@". You don't even save a key stroke: "@"
requires two keystrokes, just as "-s" does.
Also keep in mind that not all keystrokes are equal. Someone
who uses all thei
On Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:29:40 -0700, Carl Banks wrote:
> I don't really care for or agree with Steven and Ben Finney's foolish
> consistency. I already weighed it against the benefits of consistency,
> and decided that this parameter was easily important enough to warrant
> special treatment. It'
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Carl Banks wrote:
> I don't really care for or agree with Steven and Ben Finney's foolish
> consistency. I already weighed it against the benefits of consistency, and
> decided that this parameter was easily important enough to warrant special
> treatment. It'
On Friday, October 14, 2011 12:41:26 AM UTC-7, Peter Otten wrote:
> Carl Banks wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to specify a zero-length switch? Here's what I mean.
> >
> > I have a use case where some users would have to enter a section name on
> > the command line almost every time, whereas other u
Carl Banks wrote:
> So instead of typing this:
>
> sp subcommand -s abc foo bar
>
> they could type this:
>
> sp subcommand @abc foo bar
>
> Admittedly a small benefit.
I would call it a *cost* and not a benefit at all. Instead of using a
standard, familiar user interface for entering comman
Carl Banks writes:
> I have a use case where some users would have to enter a section name
> on the command line almost every time, whereas other users (the ones
> using only one section) will never have to enter the section name.
Sounds like a typical case where you want an option that takes an
Carl Banks wrote:
> Is it possible to specify a zero-length switch? Here's what I mean.
>
> I have a use case where some users would have to enter a section name on
> the command line almost every time, whereas other users (the ones using
> only one section) will never have to enter the section
