Return to Reverse Execution

Dave Brolley brolley@redhat.com
Fri Jan 6 16:59:00 GMT 2006


Dave Korn wrote:

>>>  I think that if there is any potential confusion about what the terms
>>>might mean in the context of having set the exec-direction reverse, then
>>>that simply implies that the exec-direction command is superfluous and
>>>obfuscating, and that all we need are one set of commands to go
>>>forwards, one set to go back, and people can use the correct ones
>>>according to the direction they actually want to go
>>>      
>>>
I agree. I would be very easy to forget which 'direction' one is pointed 
in and issue the wrong command by mistake. Making the 'direction' 
explicit in each command eliminates this problem.

Whether the prefix is 'backward' or 'reverse' doesn't matter to me much. 
When I drive my car, putting it in reverse always makes it go backward 
when I hit the gas.  :-)

Dave




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