<div dir="ltr">I like this change; thanks for suggesting it!<br><br><div>Robby</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Tony Garnock-Jones <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tonyg@ccs.neu.edu" target="_blank">tonyg@ccs.neu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 07/31/2013 02:24 PM, Matthew Flatt wrote:<br>
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I think it often<br>
makes sense for command-line tools to have weird rules[*],<br>
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I agree with you. UIs have to be humane and ergonomic for our weak, squishy meat-bodies to cope. (Though of course the underlying model has to be sensible too ;-) )<div class="im"><br>
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especially if there's a flag to enable more consistent rules.<br>
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Right, to expose a "machine" interface to the raw underlying model. Porcelain and plumbing.<div class="im"><br>
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So `--link' could be the default, while `--copy' (?) could disable<br>
special handling of directory sources?<br>
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That sounds fine. I mean, I am unlikely to ever use --copy, but whatever makes sense to expose in terms of the underlying model.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Tony<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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