Today Sebastian Harl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 01:40:37AM -0700, tlindenmann wrote:
> > - change the argument "[--no-header|-n]" to [--header|-h {xsd,dtd}]
> > (default "no header output")
>
> Hrm ... this breaks backwards compatibility of the user interface and it
> changes the current default behavior. I'd rather suggest to do the
> following:
>
> - keep the --no-header|-n option
> - create a DTD header by default
> - use --header|-h to change that default
> - complain if both, -n and -h are used
you wouldn't even have to complain since having a different
default is fine ...
>
> This should preserve the old behavior, thus not breaking possibly
> existing scripts and you may _explicitly_ specify whether to create or
> not to create a header, which imho is a much nicer interface.
fine ... with me ...
cheers
tobi
> Comments?
>
> Cheers,
> Sebastian
>
>
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