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rename to `dlwhich`?

Open vtjnash opened this issue 6 years ago • 4 comments

I'm worried the name libwhich would mislead folks into thinking this is a library-ized version of which, which is not the intended parsing of the name. Perhaps alternate names are whichlib or dlwhich?

vtjnash avatar Jun 04 '19 18:06 vtjnash

I like dlwhich better, myself. :)

staticfloat avatar Apr 24 '20 18:04 staticfloat

I'm worried the name libwhich would mislead folks into thinking this is a library-ized version of which, which is not the intended parsing of the name.

Exactly! whichlib (:+1:) or dlwhich would be definitely less confusing.

jirutka avatar May 21 '22 21:05 jirutka

What does the dl stand for?

I have no idea if this is possible, but if the binary were to be which-lib and then it could be invoked as which --lib kind of like a git extension, that would be pretty cool.

oxr463 avatar May 22 '22 22:05 oxr463

What does the dl stand for?

Presumably dynamic loading, as in libdl.

ararslan avatar May 23 '22 16:05 ararslan