On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 03:47:13PM +0100, seventh guardian wrote: > Hi. > > I have a question. Is the flag vs. !flag syntax the prefered one? I > ask this because even though some styles only have the !(stylename) > counterpart, some are still documented as (stylename)Off. So if the > flag negation is prefered to the (stylename) vs. (stylename)Off, or > the other way round, then it should be explicit in the man page. This > is the only way we can avoid compatibility confusion in a future > version. > > My opinion is that the flag vs. !flag style is simpler to parse, and > it should be prefered. the (stylename)Off code should be maintained > for compatibility's sake, but marked as deprecated.
The "!" negation style is preferred. I coded it for exactly the reasons you describe. There are so many different typed of on/off syntax. Ciao Dominik ^_^ ^_^ -- Dominik Vogt, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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