Julian Foad wrote:
> Edmund Wong wrote:
>
> I think you're asking whether there is (or should be) a procedure or
> guidelines for choosing a short name. There is none.
Yes, That's what I was trying to ask.
>
> My point is just that there is far more "name space" available in two-
> or three-letter "shortish" long option names than in single-letter
> option names, so we are less concerned about "using them up".
>
I understand that the more characters available, the less concerned
about the namespace being used up. But as Daniel pointed out another
method, is there a consensus as to the format of this new 'shortish'
long option (or longish short option)? --ie or --iexist?
Thanks
Edmund
>> Or am I just being stupid about this and the simple solution is
>> to take the simplest contraction of the long option and make
>> it an alias of the long option. If, in the near future,
>> a similar option is proposed, we extend that with another
>> character?
>
> Not sure exactly what you mean by "we extend that". Yes, we can just
> choose something like "--ie" now. If, in the near or far future, we add
> a new option such as "--ignore-existing" and want a shortish alias for
> it, then we can't choose "--ie" but we will have plenty of "room" to
> choose another reasonable abbreviation for the new option, such as
> "--ix" or "--iexist".
>
> So, for now, I would suggest "--ie".
>
> - Julian
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