Re: [cc65] Filenames for POSIX functins on CBM targets

From: <silverdr1wfmh.org.pl>
Date: 2012-08-12 00:14:22
On 2012-08-11, at 20:03, Ullrich von Bassewitz wrote:

>>>> A special,
>>>>   cc65 only syntax will confuse most users more than it helps.
>> 
>> I don't think so. We talk about programmers here, not the end users, right? 
>> They should be able to read how to pass arguments properly when writing code. 
>> And if we make it somehow unified across targets - the best result.
> 
> Probably not. If you require the user to enter a file name, for example to
> save a processed file, he will need to use exactly the syntax that the cc65
> library requires. Otherwise the programmer must translate between user input
> and what the library needs.

Exactly. This is not seventies anymore. User's expectations are orders of magnitude higher. Programmers have to adapt to the expectations too. What we talk about is that they don't have a proper way to deliver.

-- 
SD!

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