[NNTP] Re: MODE READER
Clive D.W. Feather
clive at demon.net
Thu Nov 11 05:24:55 PST 2004
Mark Crispin said:
>> I actually disagree on this point - I prefer to add a new LIST
>> subcommand than an entire new basic command, both because it's easier
>> in the code
Huh? Surely you have a basic command switch table somewhere.
>> (probably is in the client, too, given that LIST output is
>> reasonably consistent)
Not really, no. About the only consistent thing is that it's multi-line.
>> and because it's logical.
To paraphrase Mark: how can you use LIST and logical in the same sentence
with a straight face?
> It seems bizarre to me that LIST has all these seemingly orthogonal
> functions, but that's just syntactic sugar.
"seemingly orthogonal" is right. There are all kinds of bizarre
inconsistencies in the detail.
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