From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Mar 5 1: 4:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from draco.over-yonder.net (draco.over-yonder.net [198.78.58.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E736637B419 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 01:04:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by draco.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id 4AA61FC2; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 03:04:35 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 03:04:35 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Bruce Evans Cc: Peter Pentchev , freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/35505: [PATCH] Feature enhancement for sed(1) Message-ID: <20020305030435.F3880@over-yonder.net> References: <200203031910.g23JA1u35963@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020305011227.E1276-100000@gamplex.bde.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5-fullermd.1i In-Reply-To: <20020305011227.E1276-100000@gamplex.bde.org>; from bde@zeta.org.au on Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 01:24:19AM +1100 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 01:24:19AM +1100 I heard the voice of Bruce Evans, and lo! it spake thus: > > The functionality is already provided in a better way by the -E flag. > I agree with the gnu standard which says: > > ! Please don't make the behavior of a utility depend on the name used to > ! invoke it. It is useful sometimes to make a link to a utility with a > ! different name, and that should not change what it does. I find that especially humerous, given that GNU {e,f,z}grep was what inspired me to write the patch in the first place... I think it'd be useful, and it nicely matches grep (doubly nice since grep and sed are the two main command-line-based apps that are based around regexps) for a good touch of consistency. OTOH, if nobody else likes it, I don't feel THAT strongly about it. -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message