Received: from spf5.us4.outblaze.com (spf5.us4.outblaze.com [205.158.62.27]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9LCX5ZR006760 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:33:06 GMT Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by spf5.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A122D76FC8 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:33:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CKcFM-0001mr-2u for migo@homemail.com; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:40:48 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CKcEo-0001mi-Vn for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:40:15 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CKcEo-0001mJ-4o for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:40:14 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CKcEo-0001mG-2X for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:40:14 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.164] (helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CKc79-00014B-BT for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:32:19 -0400 Received: from miles by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1CKc78-0008Up-PV; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:32:18 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 08:32:18 -0400 To: Zenaan Harkness Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: File naming conventions Message-ID: <20041021123218.GA30989@fencepost> References: <1098141434.19575.42.camel@whiskas.cashpoolcomps.com> <20041018233511.GA31642@fencepost> <1098156854.19575.65.camel@whiskas.cashpoolcomps.com> <1098163496.19575.134.camel@whiskas.cashpoolcomps.com> <20041019060152.GC18852@wisq.net> <1098311382.11967.35.camel@nemesis.xlii.org> <1098313564.5336.29.camel@whiskas.cashpoolcomps.com> <1098319598.5336.46.camel@whiskas.cashpoolcomps.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1098319598.5336.46.camel@whiskas.cashpoolcomps.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Blat: Foop From: Miles Bader Cc: GNU Arch Users X-BeenThere: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: a discussion list for all things arch-ish List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Errors-To: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Status: RO Content-Length: 763 Lines: 22 On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 10:46:38AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > At the end of the day, I suspect code talks well enough that a > pika-escape-removing, null-termination-adding _option_ (say, perhaps, > "-0" comes to mind :) would be acceptable. Tom seems to have an intense dislike for short options that are digits, so it may not be. -Miles -- `Cars give people wonderful freedom and increase their opportunities. But they also destroy the environment, to an extent so drastic that they kill all social life' (from _A Pattern Language_) _______________________________________________ Gnu-arch-users mailing list Gnu-arch-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users GNU arch home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/