From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs -Q not documented Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:31:56 -0400 Message-ID: <877jjgc9va.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> References: <20050406.104501.107253615.wl@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112794309 11115 80.91.229.2 (6 Apr 2005 13:31:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 13:31:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Andreas Schwab , "Kim F. Storm" , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 06 15:31:46 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DJAce-0006FH-Ga for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 15:31:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DJABk-0003aC-V6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:03:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DJABM-0003Yn-Iw for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:02:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DJABM-0003YV-Fy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:02:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [209.226.175.4] (helo=tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DJAdq-0007Yy-EZ; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:32:22 -0400 Original-Received: from alfajor ([67.68.217.126]) by tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.10 201-253-122-130-110-20040306) with ESMTP id <20050406133156.WIWE27508.tomts16-srv.bellnexxia.net@alfajor>; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 09:31:56 -0400 Original-Received: by alfajor (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 33396D75EC; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 09:31:56 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: David Kastrup In-Reply-To: (David Kastrup's message of "Wed, 06 Apr 2005 13:58:36 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:35627 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:35627 >>> Yes, --bare-bones or --no-frills seem like good candidates, too. >> Since the option is primarily useful for debugging maybe its name >> should contain the word debug. > -debug-setup My experience when programming is that functions shouldn't be named based on what they're used for, but based on what they do. I think the same should apply to command line options. Even if -Q is mostly useful for debugging, that doesn't mean its name should mention anything about debugging. I think the current --bare-bones is a better name, so I think we should close this discussion. We have better things to do. Stefan