Re: [PATCH] Accept more :tangle-mode specification forms

[tomas]

On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 03:31:16AM +1100, Tim Cross wrote:
> 
> Timothy <tecosaur@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I thought I’d checked for this, but I’ve just noticed that :tangle-mode 755

[...]

> Thanks for your work on this. I am a little concerned we are making a
> rod for our back by trying to make this overly clever in order to
> provide as much convenience to the user as possible [...]

That's my feeling too. At the beginning I was a fan of the octal variant
(tradition), but I fear the interface, in its really good intent to "do-
what-i-mean" becomes unpredictable. Because different people do mean
different things.

An unpredictable interface having security implications tends to be...
interesting :)

Cheers
 - t

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