On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Alfred M. Szmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What do people think about making the NUMBER argument to --count > > optional? The default value could be 3. > > This will create a minor incompatibility with another ping > implementations. I mean, some people may be using this in their > script: > > ping -c 4 > > which will break when -c is changed to accept optional argument. > > Eh, why would this break anything? In the above example, you > explictly give an argument to --count It's still ambiguous. Please don't make this change. Tks, Jeff Bailey -- Jeff Bailey - http://www.raspberryginger.com/jbailey/ "This specification should be read like all other specifications. First, it should be read cover-to-cover, multiple times. Then, it should be read backwards at least once. Then it should be read by picking random sections from the contents list and following all the cross-references." - HTML5
