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Re: xstrtol.h
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Ben Pfaff |
Subject: |
Re: xstrtol.h |
Date: |
Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:40:41 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) |
Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:
> Bruno Haible <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I can prepare a patch for this; just let me know whether for
>> $ od -j -1
>> you would see the error message
>> od: invalid --skip-bytes argument `-1'
>> or
>> od: invalid `-j' argument `-1'
>
> You've discovered why the current diagnostics do not mention
> explicit option strings: hard-coding an option string like --skip-bytes
> or -j will inevitably be misleading to those who specify the offending
> argument with the alternative option string.
Would it be reasonable for the message to read as:
od: invalid -j or --skip-bytes argument `-1'
--
Ben Pfaff
address@hidden
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