new DIP41: dmd/rdmd command line overhaul.

[Walter Bright]

On 5/21/2013 8:29 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 5/21/13 5:44 AM, Timothee Cour wrote:
>> Abstract:
>> This DIP seeks to improve dmd and rdmd's command line flags, to make it
>> more self-consistent and consistent with other tools (including other D
>> compilers), more expandable, avoid existing corner cases, and better
>> interact with other tools such as rdmd. It also proposes new flags and
>> proposes a simple deprecation path to follow.
>>
>> Link:
>> http://wiki.dlang.org/DIP41
>
> I think this DIP should be rejected. Even if implemented to perfection it would
> do nothing to make D better.
>
> Overhauling command line syntax would only help if the situation was unbearable
> or if people couldn't do what they wanted to do. As things go I find the
> situation marginally clunkier than it could be, but command line syntax can
> never be beautiful or perfect.

I generally agree with Andrei here. People hate it when their makefiles break. 
There needs to be an awfully good reason to do it, not just clean up.

Also,

     dmd -man

suffices for "long help". There is no reason to have 3 different help texts.