On 25/03/16 15:44, Zefram wrote: > Dave Mitchell wrote: >> that makes the blead perl -V on my system expand from 52 lines to 102 >> lines. Is that really so terrible? > > No. The -V output is already much too large to take in at a glance, > so there's no real gain from packing. Better to organise the output > for clarity, so +1 from me to displaying the options one per line. > >> I'd accept the suggestion of perl -VV to trigger >> one-per-line output, but it seems like overkill. > > Agreed, especially since the person who'd be making the choice of flags > is often not the person who'll be interpreting the output. In practice > we need consensus on a single set of output that will be what we ask > users to submit for expert examination, and for historical continuity > and compatibility we should make -V produce that output. Make -V easier to read. People will get used to it. CheersThread Previous | Thread Next