From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24949: Command-line argument parsing: named daemons Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 21:05:22 +0300 Message-ID: <83efrj1z4t.fsf@gnu.org> References: <05vavopehh.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <8337isgkkh.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1504721188 3158 195.159.176.226 (6 Sep 2017 18:06:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 18:06:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24949@debbugs.gnu.org To: Philipp Stephani Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 06 20:06:17 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dpeiG-0008Kp-3r for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2017 20:06:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37364 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dpeiN-0005jh-6e for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:06:15 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46195) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dpeiI-0005jF-0I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:06:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dpeiA-0006Ip-Ah for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:06:09 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:44636) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dpeiA-0006IW-6t for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:06:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dpei9-0008Fx-Uq for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:06:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 18:06:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24949 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24949-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24949.150472113231698 (code B ref 24949); Wed, 06 Sep 2017 18:06:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24949) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Sep 2017 18:05:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53317 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dpehg-0008FC-71 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:05:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55107) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dpehe-0008Ez-CU for 24949@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:05:30 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dpehV-0005kc-7W for 24949@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:05:25 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:55875) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dpehV-0005kP-3X; Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:05:21 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1200 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dpehU-0005NY-9X; Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:05:20 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Philipp Stephani on Wed, 06 Sep 2017 17:33:33 +0000) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:136643 Archived-At: > X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50, > FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE,T_DKIM_INVALID > autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 > From: Philipp Stephani > Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2017 17:33:33 +0000 > Cc: 24949@debbugs.gnu.org > > > Compare with something like "--chdir /tmp", where both forms (with and > > without "=") work. > > I wouldn't expect it to work, since long options are documented to > need the equals sign. > > This is incredibly surprising and also inconsistent with the man page, which doesn't have equals signs for > most options. Let's just document what everybody expects, i.e. that all options work with and without equals > sign, and with one or two dashes. Why would we want to do that? Documentation should describe the software, not our wishes. If we want to change how the software works, we should change the code first, and only after that change the documentation. Am I missing something here?