Quoting [Mathijs den Burger] (Nov 06 2009):
But maybe its time by now to come to a conclusion - I think I am reading the same arguments over and over again in the thread ;)
So, there have been different proposals:
A) description.executable = "/bin/date"; description.set_attribute ("Executable", "/bin/date");
B) description[executable] = "/bin/date"; description.set_attribute ("Executable", "/bin/date");
C) description.attributes.executable = "/bin/date"; description.set_attribute ("Executable", "/bin/date");
D) description.attributes["Executable"] = "/bin/date"; description.set_attribute ("Executable", "/bin/date");
E) description.set_attribute ("Executable", "/bin/date");
+1, for the same reasons as Mathijs. A.
I think C and D did not catch on - just listed for completeness. Did I forget a version?
For completeness: how to express async and task versions. I assume that would look like:
description.set_attribute("Executable", "/bin/date", TaskType.NORMAL)
So, I'd love to see a show of hands for the different versions - maybe we can cut the thread short.
I opt for E: one syntax for all cases is the simplest solution.
best, Mathijs
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