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What's silly about it?

by dscrd 13y ago

plorkyeran 13y ago
It's pointlessly different from the syntax everything else uses.
- nknighthb 13y ago
  Um, no, it's not. The equals sign is not required, it is simply supported (as it is with many if not most other command line flag parsers), and single-dash is hardly unusual outside GNU tools. It may be different from what you are accustomed to, but you are not omniscient.
  - icebraining 13y ago
    On what systems is single-dash plus word (instead of single letter) common? Not trying to argue, I barely use anything besides GNU/Linux, but even in the Plan9 docs I only remember seeing single letter options after a dash.
    - nknighthb 13y ago
      BSD, Windows. By the way, it's not exactly unknown in GNU land, either. Ever looked at the GCC flags? Here are a few: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Link-Options.html http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Link-Options.html http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Optimize-Options.html http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Optimize-Options.html
    - ushi 13y ago
      GNU find command: http://linux.die.net/man/1/find http://linux.die.net/man/1/find
  - randallsquared 13y ago
    Guideline 3 in http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap12.html#tag_12_02 http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_... suggests that multiple characters after a single dash should be multiple arguments. And, for example, GNU chose a different syntax ( --foo=bar ) for long options. (edited to clarify that I actually don't know historically why they chose that)
    - nknighthb 13y ago
      The world does not revolve around POSIX guidelines. Shocking, no?
      - sneak 13y ago
        Indeed, the fact that divergence from a standard for divergence's sake is shocking was my entire reason for starting this thread.
  - adsche 13y ago
    @icebraining (can't reply directly) It's very common on OS X. Example: http://ss64.com/osx/lipo.html http://ss64.com/osx/lipo.html
icebraining 13y ago
Probably the fact that it diverges from the de-facto standard in GNU systems, making it potentially harder to remember.

What's silly about it?

by dscrd 13y ago

What's silly about it?

plorkyeran 13y ago

It's pointlessly different from the syntax everything else uses.

nknighthb 13y ago
Um, no, it's not. The equals sign is not required, it is simply supported (as it is with many if not most other command line flag parsers), and single-dash is hardly unusual outside GNU tools. It may be different from what you are accustomed to, but you are not omniscient.
- icebraining 13y ago
  On what systems is single-dash plus word (instead of single letter) common? Not trying to argue, I barely use anything besides GNU/Linux, but even in the Plan9 docs I only remember seeing single letter options after a dash.
  - nknighthb 13y ago
    BSD, Windows. By the way, it's not exactly unknown in GNU land, either. Ever looked at the GCC flags? Here are a few: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Link-Options.html http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Link-Options.html http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Optimize-Options.html http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Optimize-Options.html
  - ushi 13y ago
    GNU find command: http://linux.die.net/man/1/find http://linux.die.net/man/1/find
- randallsquared 13y ago
  Guideline 3 in http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap12.html#tag_12_02 http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_... suggests that multiple characters after a single dash should be multiple arguments. And, for example, GNU chose a different syntax ( --foo=bar ) for long options. (edited to clarify that I actually don't know historically why they chose that)
  - nknighthb 13y ago
    The world does not revolve around POSIX guidelines. Shocking, no?
    - sneak 13y ago
      Indeed, the fact that divergence from a standard for divergence's sake is shocking was my entire reason for starting this thread.
- adsche 13y ago
  @icebraining (can't reply directly) It's very common on OS X. Example: http://ss64.com/osx/lipo.html http://ss64.com/osx/lipo.html

icebraining 13y ago

Probably the fact that it diverges from the de-facto standard in GNU systems, making it potentially harder to remember.