> > There are at least three issues at play here: > > a: Some flags use inconsistent, confusing, controversial or > less-than-perfect interpretations > b: Some flags use identical interpretations, yet their evaluation happens > in copy-pasted code spread across the code base > c: Some flags use identical interpretations, yet the code written to > evaluate that interpretation varies a lot across the code base >
Let me add: d: Maintainers introducing new flags lack guidance for picking a "good" flag interpretation e: Maintainers introducing new flags must write new code to read the property value and reduce the following to a boolean: [null | empty | "true" | "TRUE" | "false" | "FALSE" | "unrelated"] Eirik.
