GNU bug report logs - #31537
Combining -v and -A/-B/-C options

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: "Garreau, Alexandre" <galex-713 <at> galex-713.eu>, 31537 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31537: Combining -v and -A/-B/-C options
Date: 2018年5月20日 18:03:04 -0700

Garreau, Alexandre wrote:
> I believe context options used in conjonction with invert-match option
> should specify which lines*not to show* along with matched then not
> shown lines.
I can see it the other way. For example, "show all lines that lack signed 
integers, plus their context" can be done via a command like "grep -C1 -v -E 
'[-+][0-9]+([^.e]|$)'", and I don't see any easy way to do the same search under 
the changes you're proposing.
In essence you're proposing a new feature that I'd call "negative context"; 
i.e., if a line is not selected, then suppress the output of nearby lines that 
are selected. grep already has a lot of features and it's not clear this one is 
important enough to add.
> maybe this behavior could be triggered only
> if the context option were specified *after* the invert-match one
I'd prefer option order to not matter, at least when options do not simply 
override each other (as is the case here).

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