[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-user] g.xlist/g.xremove addons (C version of g.mlist/g.mremove)

[Markus Neteler]

On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 11:55 PM, Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Huidae Cho wrote:
>> its current name g."m"list (modified g.list) is somewhat awkward compared
>> to g."x"list (extended g.list).
>
> I had always though that it stood for many-list.

I understood it always as "multiple".

> And in that light it works
> and no need to change it- unless you want a way to make it obvious that
> compatibility is broken and scripts using it may silently fail or
> unexpectedly give a different result.

Right. A flood of similar modules is a pain. You never know which one
to take.

Markus