[PATCH] dispatch: use --section.setting=value instead of --config=section.setting=value

[Mads Kiilerich]

On 05/04/2014 09:31 PM, Augie Fackler wrote:
> On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 06:24:07PM +0200, Mads Kiilerich wrote:
>> # HG changeset patch
>> # User Mads Kiilerich <madski at unity3d.com>
>> # Date 1398943909 -7200
>> #      Thu May 01 13:31:49 2014 +0200
>> # Branch stable
>> # Node ID a9669ccfde3af288ad4b186e4f2ce8672cad4412
>> # Parent  e88b1ad2871cd900262cde1633b561996d28388d
>> dispatch: use --section.setting=value instead of --config=section.setting=value
>>
>> Convenient shortcut, looks more elegant than --config and is a fine supplement
>> to normal command line options.
> It's cute, but I'm not a fan: it opens up pseudo-random command line
> API surface area that strikes me as likely to cause
> backwards-compatibility headaches in the future.

Yes, it "opens up", but only for existing "APIs". What kinds of backward 
compatibility problems could that cause?

I can only imagine that it will prevent us from using --.*\..* options 
for other purposes ... but why should we ever do that, unless it is to 
expose existing section.setting config values.

/Mads