[Zope-Coders] Re: [Zope-Checkins] CVS: Zope - z2.py:1.62

[Behrens Matt - Grand Rapids]

Toby Dickenson wrote:

> On Wednesday 13 March 2002 6:49 pm, Matt Behrens wrote:
> 
>>>Modified Files:
>>>	z2.py
>>>
>>>+  --icp port
>>
>>Is there any particular reason this needs to be a long option?  -I is
>>free.

> It makes sense to use long options in something distributed as patch to the 
> standard zope, because there is less chance of conflicting with subsequent 
> changes to the zope core, or other patches developed independantly.
> 
> Thats how this ICP support started out and I didnt see any reason to change, 
> although I would be happy to change it if there is good reason to prefer 
> short options to long ones.
> 
> Worth raising on zope-coders?

Yes, I think so (thus raised).  I suppose it could be considered my 
personal preference, but I'd like to see consistency.  We could support 
both, as many GNU utilities do, so as not to break current --icp users. 
  Short options support clustering, which is nice to have.