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Eric Evans commented on CASSANDRA-3119:
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bq. ... the old syntax was broken – we never actually supported a list there,
which is what it implies.
I agree completely, but a user whose script has broken is still going to be
irritated.
These things are like paper cuts, they aren't a huge deal when looked at in
isolation, but they add up to a negative experience pretty quickly.
> Cli syntax for creating keyspace is inconsistent in 1.0
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>
> Key: CASSANDRA-3119
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-3119
> Project: Cassandra
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 1.0
> Reporter: Sylvain Lebresne
> Assignee: T Jake Luciani
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: cli
> Fix For: 1.0
>
>
> In 0.8, to create a keyspace you could do:
> {noformat}
> create keyspace test with placement_strategy =
> 'org.apache.cassandra.locator.SimpleStrategy' and strategy_options =
> [{replication_factor:3}]
> {noformat}
> In current trunk, if you try that, you get back "null". Turns out this is
> because the syntax for strategy_options has changed and you should not use
> the brackets, i.e:
> {noformat}
> strategy_options = {replication_factor:3}
> {noformat}
> (and note that reversely, this syntax doesn't work in 0.8).
> I'm not sure what motivated that change but this is very user unfriendly. The
> help does correctly mention the new syntax, but it is the kind of changes
> that takes you 5 minutes to notice. It will also break people scripts for no
> good reason that I can see.
> We should either:
> # revert to the old syntax
> # support both the new and old syntax
> # at least print a meaningful error message when the old syntax is used
> Imho, the last solution is by far the worst solution.
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