Re: Property values for boolean properties.

On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 11:39:53PM -0700, Justin Erenkrantz wrote:
> On 6/17/07, Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> wrote:
> > How about the command-line client prints a warning if you set one of
> > these properties to "off", "no", or "false"? That is, it does the
> > propset, but also prints to stderr a message saying that this might
> > not have the effect you want/expect.
>
> +1. I think this is a job for the client code to deal with - GUIs
> like TortoiseSVN wouldn't really have issues with this - only the
> command-line client has the possibility for pilot error like this.
> Yes, TortoiseSVN and others *might* be able to paint themselves in
> such a corner, but...feh. This solution is good enough... -- justin
>

Also, consider changing the examples that use "on" or "true" to use "x" or
even "dummyval".

"on" tempts the user to try "off". "x" doesn't have an opposite.

(I would have picked "*", but for its potential for interpretation as
 a globbing character).

--ben

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Received on Mon Jun 18 13:03:31 2007