Microsoft: Saving you time by making you type more

[honey the codewitch]

System.CommandLine Someone recently asked me about this, and had never heard of it. Now I know why.

    var fileOption = new Option(
        name: "--file",
        description: "The file to read and display on the console.");

// ... followed by tons of boilerplate to put the args together

I could have parse --file faster with a string switch inside a while loop. Or done this (my code):

[CmdArg(Name="file",Description = "The file to create. Defaults to ")]
static TextWriter OutputFile = Console.Out;

I've just specified more information than microsoft (a /file arg and a default value) in less code and I even omitted their boilerplate garbage from the above. I'm sorry, but who in the heck are they hiring these days? I used to work on their development tools. I remember that it was important that they actually saved you time. That mattered to my super. What gives?

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