Carl Banks wrote: > So instead of typing this: > > sp subcommand -s abc foo bar > > they could type this: > > sp subcommand @abc foo bar > > Admittedly a small benefit.
I would call it a *cost* and not a benefit at all. Instead of using a standard, familiar user interface for entering command options, you introduce a second special purpose mechanism *just* for entering a section name. -s is at least a mnemonic for "section", @ is not. And it isn't like you gain any extra clarity or expressiveness, or even a major saving of typing! "-s" vs "@". You don't even save a key stroke: "@" requires two keystrokes, just as "-s" does. (Okay, perhaps you save a key stroke if you type a space after the -s.) -s section_name is pretty simple already. Spelling it @section_name is not sufficiently more simple to make up for the burden of introducing unfamiliar syntax. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
