Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 01:24:19 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> Cc: <freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: bin/35505: [PATCH] Feature enhancement for sed(1) Message-ID: <20020305011227.E1276-100000@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <200203031910.g23JA1u35963@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Peter Pentchev wrote: > The following reply was made to PR bin/35505; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> > To: "Matthew D.Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> > Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: bin/35505: [PATCH] Feature enhancement for sed(1) > Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2002 21:05:05 +0200 > > On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 12:27:40AM -0600, Matthew D.Fuller wrote: > >=20 > > >Number: 35505 > > >Category: bin > > >Synopsis: [PATCH] Feature enhancement for sed(1) > > >Originator: Matthew D. Fuller > [snip] > > >Fix: > [patch snipped] > > I think that something like the attached would befit style(9) more. > Other than a few style nits, your patch looks great, and the functionality > is something that I really do like :) > > Now let us see how this goes down with the src committers.. The functionality is already provided in a better way by the -E flag. I agree with the gnu standard which says: ! Please don't make the behavior of a utility depend on the name used to ! invoke it. It is useful sometimes to make a link to a utility with a ! different name, and that should not change what it does. ! ! Instead, use a run time option or a compilation switch or both to ! select among the alternate behaviors. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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