[darcs-users] Re: most of the commands do not use dash to separate words

Peter Hercek peter at syncad.com
Thu Feb 2 00:08:34 UTC 2006


Using dashes would require more renames. I agree with Albert
  although I think renames are ok when the major version number
  changes.

Peter.

Albert Reiner wrote:
> [Wolfgang Jeltsch <wolfgang at jeltsch.net>, Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:39:20 +0100]:
> 
>>Or all multi-word commands should contain a dash or dashes.  This looks much 
>>more readable.
> 
> 
> And the good thing is that it doesn't matter most of the time anyway,
> due to the unique-abbreviation feature.  Anyway, in general I am
> opposed to arbitrary renaming: either you break backward compatibility
> with scripts and old documentation, or you are forced to maintain
> scores of synonyms that are likely to be confusing to the beginner.
> 
> Albert.





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