[Info-vax] DCL Syntax

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In article <fuo7uqFqsegU1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> writes:
>On 08/29/2018 02:33 PM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
>> On 2018-08-28 18:54:54 +0000, John Reagan said:
>> 
>>> You need the /TREE qualifier for DELETE to match the behavior. 
>>> (Personally, it should have been /RECURSIVE and not /TREE but nobody 
>>> asked me)
>> 
>> The use of /TREE was likely related to one of the more common tools used 
>> for this purpose: DELTREE.
>> 
>> And yes, /RECURSIVE would likely have been a better and more obvious 
>> choice here.
>> 
>> You and the other folks at VSI are also in a position to do something 
>> about that and about other DCL syntax, too.
>> 
>> 
>
>Yes, but considering the potential impact on existing already
>written procedures is it worth making little cosmetic changes
>like this when everyone (even me) understood the old meaning?
>
>bill

DCL command definitions can call out synonyms.  

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