Re: [Hecl-devel] thought on setprops

[David W. <dav...@gm...>]

> > -foo bar -bee bop
> >
> > setProps could be a little smarter and look for the -.  If there is no
> > trailing argument, it's assumed to be a boolean and set to 1.
>
> I wouldn't be a big fan of this syntax, too confusing.
> To me, this would imply that setting a boolean to false
> would be -noxxxx.
>
> Consistency is worth typing an extra '1' or '0'.

Fair enough.  What I didn't spell out is actually the thing that I
believe may be the most important part of that change: the ability to
do things like

-dimensions 0 0 100 100 -foo bar -bee 1

BTW, for those interested in Hecl/Android:

http://journal.dedasys.com/articles/2007/11/22/android-hecl-and-scripting

-- 
David N. Welton

http://www.welton.it/davidw/

http://www.dedasys.com/