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Re: Comments on setopt


From: Rudolf Adamkovič
Subject: Re: Comments on setopt
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 08:04:23 +0100

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

> Setting a command line option is not especially common.
>
> […]
>
> The only reason to use `setopt' is to for parallelism with `getopt'.

A command line option?

> I don't think it calls for a name of only 6 characters -- if I were
> choosing one afresh, I think I would choose `set-command-option'.

I agree on unnecessary brevity.

Why not call it `set-user-option', given its description?

"This is like ‘setq’, but is meant for user options […]"

Rudy
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