Besides, are you going to add -BeginExpr and -EndExpr so people don't have to type \( and \) ?
----- Reply message ----- From: "Ingo Schwarze" <schwa...@usta.de> To: "Steffen Daode Nurpmeso" <sdao...@googlemail.com> Cc: <tech@openbsd.org> Subject: -not for find(1) Date: Mon, Feb 27, 2012 14:25 Hi, Steffen Daode Nurpmeso wrote on Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 07:24:00PM +0100: > this patch adds the -not operator to find(1). > I personally always found -not easier to use due to shell > escaping, but today may laziness has bitten back. > And "it's just one more non-POSIX-compliant option". Please don't. It just makes the manual longer for no additional functionality, and encourages people to write non-portable scripts. Usability decreases with the size of an interface, so keeping interfaces as small as possible is important. The argument that "-not" is easier to type than "\!" doesn't convince me at all; at best, it's a matter of taste. And even if it were a bit easier, that wouldn't excuse interface bloat. Yours, Ingo
