Re: [PATCH] add --throttle to pgbench (submission 3)

On 06/19/13 14:34, Fabien COELHO wrote:
>
>>> The use case of the option is to be able to generate a continuous gentle
>>> load for functional tests, eg in a practice session with students or for
>>> testing features on a laptop.
>>
>> Why does this need two option formats (-H and --throttle)?
>
> On the latest version it is --rate and -R.
>
> Because you may want to put something very readable and understandable in
> a script and like long options, or have to type it interactively every day
> in a terminal and like short ones. Most UNIX commands include both kind.
>

Would it make sense then to add long versions for all the other standard
options too?

Jan

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