Re: [dev][sbase][RFC] "tr" with -d option or without?

From: Silvan Jegen <s.jegen_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 09:31:38 +0200

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 11:17:53PM +0100, sin wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 09:07:10PM +0200, Silvan Jegen wrote:
> > I can see the need for a '-d' flag for compatibility reasons but my
> > preference would be to just ignore the flag if it is specified. What are
> > peoples opinion on the '-d' flag?
>
> One thing that is different is the breaking conditions for when to consider
> the invocation as invalid usage (in the -d case we check for >= 2 in
> any other case we check for != 2). So in that case we cannot consider -d
> as a no-op as far as I uderstand it.

I have a patch in the pipeline that will adjust the usage checks. I will
submit it if we decide to change the behavior.
Received on Sat Apr 12 2014 - 09:31:38 CEST