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Re: scratch/command 064f146 1/2: Change command to interactive ... modes


From: Juri Linkov
Subject: Re: scratch/command 064f146 1/2: Change command to interactive ... modes
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:45:50 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)

>>> To my mind, if two forms of writing the same thing are equally clear and
>>> easy to understand, the less verbose one is often the better choice.
>>> But I would claim that the more verbose form in this case is less clear
>>> and harder to understand.
>>
>> The question is how this form is less clear and harder to understand:
>
> That's fair enough.  But it also seems like a pathological case.

I see nothing pathological here - this is a quite common case,
maybe a little longer than others.  But such valid cases
should not be dismissed lightly.  It would be more hassle
and error-prone to support such long interactive specs with
a mode name dangling at the end.

> (If we support both forms, you could choose the one that is more clear.)

I see no need to support both.



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