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bug#40549: More usability issues:
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zimoun |
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bug#40549: More usability issues: |
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Tue, 12 May 2020 23:38:50 +0200 |
On Tue, 12 May 2020 at 22:19, Tom Zander <address@hidden> wrote:
> They are expected to always be equivalent. It would not be logical to have the
> short one as an alias if they are not equivalent.
I agree.
Note that you cannot have short-name with optional argument or you
have to break a rule; see below.
> > > You asked for an example; see `git commit -S`. From the manpage:
> > > -S[<keyid>], --gpg-sign[=<keyid>]
> >
> > Thank you for the example. Let me show you that it raises an issue
> > too because it is not so "simple". :-)
>
> Easier example then: from the 'ls(1)' manpage:
> -I, --ignore=PATTERN
No. `ls -I -l` is not doing the right behaviour, i.e., the flag '-l'
is not applied.
PATTERN is not optional.
> seems git is trying to be smart.
Git resolves the ambiguity by removing the form '-S keyid'.
Other said,
(1) '-Skeyid' uses keyid as argument
(2) '-S keyid' fails as I showed you.
(3) '-S' fallbacks to the default (see .gitconfig)
Back to Guix, using the same strategy means:
(1) guix package -d8 -p /path/to/profile
(2) guix package -d 8 -p /path/to/profile # fails
(3) guix pacakge -d -p /path/to/profile # delete all the generations
except the current one
The three cases cannot all works. You have to choose two cases.
Currently Guix uses (1) and (2); and (3) fails. Git uses (1) and
(3); and (2) fails.
You have right by remarking that the "git-way" seems more consistent
when flipping the options. However they are less consistent in regard
with option requiring one argument.
git commit -S4417B7 -m 'init'
I do not have a strong opinion on the topic. Even if I am often
annoyed by "guix package -I -p /path/to/profile".
> The point is not to reinvent the wheel that have been invented so many
> times... A command line parser is a known thing that you can, and should,
> mirror how others do things.
Are you aware of the wheel? :-)
https://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-37/srfi-37.html
https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Argument-Syntax.html
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/basedefs/xbd_chap12.html#tag_12_02
> Even 'ls' uses optional short arguments (--ignore). So I'm not sure I agree
> with your line of reasoning.
No, the argument of '--ignore' is not optional. At least with the GNU
version from coreutils 8.30.
Note the options with optional argument (--color and --hyperlink) do
not have a short-name form.
> Doing;
> ls -I -v
> clearly understands that '-v' is not to be used as an optional argument.
> The reason, as far as I can tell, is that it does not fit as another argument.
You have wrong. Compare
ls -I -l
ls -l -I
ls -I '' -l
Because Guix uses SRFI-37 to parse command-line arguments and this
will not change, IMHO, the question asked on guile-devel is the one
explained above about the 3 cases.
All the best,
simon
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