[systemd-devel] 'tasks' as first-order objects?

[Adam Spragg]

On Friday 13 Aug 2010 15:54:28 Lennart Poettering wrote:
> On Fri, 13.08.10 00:18, Adam Spragg (adam at spra.gg) wrote:
> > > > So [auditctl] would be something to set to "Type=finish" and
> > > > "ValidNoProcess=no".
> > > > 
> > > > (Oh, and if you have a better suggestion for a name of
> > > > ValidNoProcess= I am all ears too!)
> > 
> > 'RequiresProcess='?
> 
> Hmm, that would turn around the logic. I'd rathe have an option that
> defaults to "off", and when specified may be set on "on".

Maybe.

I have a long-ingrained dislike of boolean flags/variables/settings that 
include a "no" or "not" in them. "notfound" is a particular peeve of mine in a 
codebase I'm currently working on. Deciphering "!notfound" and "notfound" 
unnecessarily requires more brain cycles than "found" and "!found" would have. 
I have to stop and check I'm doing what I think I'm doing every time I come 
across it. I also have the same problem with UIs that have checkboxes marked 
"disable feature X". It's just *awkward* - more so than it needs to be.

I'd rather have a flag that is easy to read and make sense of, even if it does 
default to "on" instead of "off".

Of course, that is only a personal preference of mine.

Adam