On Jun 12, 2013, at 6:19 PM, Mandy Chung <mandy.ch...@oracle.com> wrote:
> On 6/12/13 4:43 AM, Paul Sandoz wrote: >> Hi Mandy, >> >> Regarding the command line arguments of jdeps, would it not be more >> consistent to re-use the same classpath related arguments as >> javac/java/javap/javah >> >> "-c" becomes "-cp" >> "--classpath" becomes "-classpath" >> >> ? > > jdeps follows the GNU-style options which is different than the JDK style. > We discussed this issue about consistency and familiarity [1]. After using > jdeps for some time, I admit that I find it hard to switch to the new -c > short option (and confusing too) but relatively easy to move to --classpath > option. Mixing both GNU-style and JDK-style inconsistently adopting GNU > style is not a good thing while GNU style is the direction we are going (e.g. > pack200 follows GNU style). Agreed mixing both is bad. Most developers will never use pack200, so arguably familiarity using JDK style trumps moving to the GNU style IMHO. But i will not press the issue if the ship has sailed on GNU style for new commands. Paul.
