[parted-devel] print all & --list

[Debarshi Ray]

> I'm not sure I understand the patch fully though; why did you
> remove the print_all functionality and replace it with print_list?

I just renamed the function, since although we have 'print list' and
'print all' doing the same thing, we have '--list' instead of '--all'
as the command line switch similar to 'fdisk -l'. Hence I gave
preference to 'list' instead of 'all' to ensure consistency.

> print_all method prints _detailed_ information for _all_ devices; while
> print_list method should print a small not-so-detailed of the devices
> availble (like fdisk -l; discussed before).

'print list' and 'print all' are supposed to do the same thing. This
is because '--list/-l' are supposed to be a direct interface to 'print
all'. However the '--list/-l' switch and 'print all' commands seem to
be inconsistent. Hence it was decided (on this thread) to have 'print
list' and 'print all' do the same thing, and not have a '--all/-a'
switch since that would be too much redundancy and the '-a' switch
might be needed somewhere else in future.

Leslie, I hope I am correct. :-)

Happy hacking,
Debarshi
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