[Freeciv-Dev] Re: [RFC PATCH] init_techs

[Arien Malec <arien_malec@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Daniel L Speyer <dspeyer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I agree here.  There may be functions which take a variable number of
> arguments (e.g. /givetech nation tech1 tech2 ...)  If the command parser
> tries to parse too intelligently, it'll just get in the way of
> unanticipated syntaxes.

Again, my point is that there should be *a standard syntax* that is supported
and enforced by the framework. If you need to extend the syntax, you extend the
framework *once*. Otherwise, you have scores of callbacks with scores of
nonstandard syntaxes, and the poor user has to remember just which syntax a
certain command provides.

Arien 

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