I feel the asterisk should mean "use the global default" and the '' should mean "don't use any value".
/Tom Kern On 3/19/2012 17:12, Phil Smith wrote: > In our configuration data set, you can specify a default, global value for > something. Specific entries in the configuration can override that global > value. However, there are cases where you *must* specify a null value on a > specific entry, as if you had no default, global value. > > Our internal debate is over whether an asterisk is appropriate to say "No, > really, don't use any value here". > > So examples might be: > > thing1(option1,option2) /* This defines a thing with an explicit option1 and > explicit option2 */ > > thing2(option1) /* This defines another thing and says "use the default, > global value for option2 if you have one" */ > > thing3(option1,*) /* This would define another thing and say "even if you > have a default, global value for option2, pretend you don't" */ > > thing4(option1,'') /* This is an alternative form of thing3 */ > > One of us feels that the asterisk should mean "use the global default". One > of us feels that the double quote is ugly and error-prone. > > Based on the collective wisdom of the centuries, what *feels* right to you? > -- > ...phsiii > > Phil Smith III > p...@voltage.com<mailto:p...@voltage.com> > Voltage Security, Inc. > www.voltage.com<http://www.voltage.com> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
