Am Dienstag 28 Oktober 2008 18:48:28 schrieb Andreas Ericsson:
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> > Stuff which does command line parsing can naturally break when I change
> > the output. But it can also directly use the advanced features.
>
> But then you're back with a single language, taking valuable freedom
> away from the addon author.=20

Not really.=20

Extension authors just have to take care to keep their output compatible.=20

You can do command line parsing just like with git, but additionally you ca=
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change the workings of the basic commands, but then you have to take care t=
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keep the output compatible.=20

=46or example when I wrote the group extension, I made sure that the log on=
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gives grouped output, when it is explicitely asked to do so, either via=20
=2D-group or via the grouped_log=3DTrue setting in .hgrc.=20

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> How many perl gurus have skipped writing
> stuff for hg because it's a "python-or-bust" thing?

How many Python people decided to write an extension for hg, because it can=
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very nicely be accessed via Python?=20

(and which one of these has the higher effect? :) )

Best wishes,=20
Arne


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