Re: a .properties file hate...

2008-05-22 Thread Aaron J. Grier
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 06:47:41PM -0400, num...@deathwyrm.com wrote: > Jukka Ollila wrote: > >Hmn. Did some earlier version of this fine piece of software by chance > >only support v1 and v2whatever, at which point you had a boolean flag? > > If so, bet on there being bugs where some lazy coder

Re: a .properties file hate...

2008-05-16 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 06:47:41PM -0400, num...@deathwyrm.com wrote: > Jukka Ollila wrote: >> Hmn. Did some earlier version of this fine piece of software by chance >> only support v1 and v2whatever, at which point you had a boolean flag? > > If so, bet on there being bugs where some lazy coder

Re: a .properties file hate...

2008-05-16 Thread numien
Jukka Ollila wrote: Hmn. Did some earlier version of this fine piece of software by chance only support v1 and v2whatever, at which point you had a boolean flag? If so, bet on there being bugs where some lazy coder knowing it was boolean wrote something like: if (config->snmp.version) {

Re: a .properties file hate...

2008-05-15 Thread Jukka Ollila
On Tue, 13 May 2008, Jonathan Katz wrote: I find the following nicely hateful. At least it has an explanation of what setting is what, although it isn't so intuitive... # The snmp.version parameter controls the SNMP Version to use: # 0 = Use SNMP Version 1 # 1 = Use SNMP Version 2 #

Re: a .properties file hate...

2008-05-14 Thread Peter da Silva
That's because they got it confused with USB... # 2 = Use SNMP Version 2 Full Speed!

Re: a .properties file hate...

2008-05-14 Thread Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker
pe...@taronga.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > That's because they got it confused with USB... > > # 2 = Use SNMP Version 2 Full Speed! I thought the missing one was… # 2 = Use SNMP Version 2c -- ilmari "A disappointingly low fraction of the human race is, at any given time, on fire." -

a .properties file hate...

2008-05-14 Thread Jonathan Katz
I now work for a software company and since I'm new here I've been attending training on our product. We're delving into one of the configuration files. I find the following nicely hateful. At least it has an explanation of what setting is what, although it isn't so intuitive... # The snmp.version