Re: [bug-inetutils] ftp open without args

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

Was this fixed?

   > Please revert these parts, and please make ANOTHER add the parens
   > instead.

   I see 2 problems with doing that:

   a. Need for string operations inside 'another' to add the parenthesis.
   Do we want to take this extra overhead?

   b. The invoking function loses control over the formatting of the
   secondary or tertiary prompt. So if we are to have a command which may
   need to have a secondary and tertiary prompt like:

   ftp> <command>
   (foo) <arg1>
   [bar] ...

   ...it becomes difficult with the older 'another', where every
   non-primary prompt must be enclosed in a parenthesis.

   Do we think tertiary prompts are will not be a necessity in future?

   If the answers are 'yes' then I shall make the change as you suggest.

   Happy hacking,
   Debarshi
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