MySQL Bugs: #37229: Call to unify parameter names to preferably use the underscore

Bug #37229	Call to unify parameter names to preferably use the underscore
Submitted:	5 Jun 2008 16:23	Modified:	2 Jan 2011 20:38
Reporter:	David Tonhofer	Email Updates:
Status:	Verified	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Server: General	Severity:	S4 (Feature request)
Version:	5.0.45	OS:	Any
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

Description:
Parameters passed to the MySQL server or client (or scripts) come in two forms: as word sequences using the underscore as a separator or as word sequences using the dash as separator.

For example, a mysqld --help --verbose shows:

relay_log_purge                   TRUE
relay_log_space_limit             0

but

sync-bdb-logs                     TRUE
sync-binlog                       0

etc.

This should be unified to use either underscore or dash in all parameters. I have a preference for the underscore as it seems syntax colorer and shell autocompletion features look onto the underscore in a more benign fashion.

Unification would mean that parameters names with "_" and "-" be both accepted on input but only parameters with the unified separator be output.

How to repeat:
n/a

Suggested fix:
n/a

Work in progress already (to some extent). See http://forge.mysql.com/worklog/task.php?id=4277