[Twisted-Python] typed mktap usage.Options parameters

Kevin Turner acapnotic at twistedmatrix.com
Sat Sep 7 00:27:32 EDT 2002


just jotting down this note so it gets saved someplace:

There are some very common types of parameters mktap uses -- remote host
or IP, port number, local interface to bind to, password.  We should
have some sort of typed optParameters for this, so that any tap
constructor that takes a port can just say "wordsPort isa port" and get
back a number instead of having to int() the string and/or look it up in
/etc/services, etc.  Another idea being that password-type options
should be prompted for rather than specified on the command line, as
command line parameters are all too visible in the system process table
on many systems.





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