19 Nov
2017
19 Nov
'17
6:07 p.m.
On 11/18/17 12:41 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
A question for Jon Gibbons: In JEP 293 the guideline is that tools should support `--help`. Do you think this should be expanded to include `-help`, and `-?` (and maybe `-h` where it make sense)? I think we should standardize on --help, and -h where possible, as the standard options.
I think we should continue to allow -help where it has previously been accepted. I don't think we should add -help for new tools. I wasn't aware that -? is in common usage. If it is, it makes sense to allow it. -- Jon