Re: suggested syntax for channels

Greg Beaver wrote: >Alan Knowles wrote: > >> I'm not sure how problematic the & is in unix, I use it alot with >> wget/lynx, and know that I need to quote the string using it. >> >> I doubt that it would be used enough to be a big enough issue to justify >> much effort working around it. >> > >Would you say using /foo=bar/nextfoo=nextbar instead of >?foo=bar&nextfoo=nextbar is much effort from the user perspective? From >the implementation perspective, using / is pretty straightforward, using >?thing=val&next=nextval would be simpler, but it's a difference of about >2 lines of code. > >Fortunately, there is a single function that processes this, so changing >it will not be a big deal. Usually, when you use command line tools, you are more inclined to do: $ pear install -x pear.chiaraquartet.net/Foo -y group=bar or even: $ pear install -x pear.chiaraquartet.net/Foo --group=bar Bertrand Mansion Mamasam