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Re: Requesting comments: The -Name parameter as a positional parameter

halr9000 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:09:02 GMT

Yes, "I heart VMware" means I do like the change.

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Re: Requesting comments: The -Name parameter as a positional parameter

c_shanklin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:48:43 GMT

halr9000 wrote:
My comment is "I <3 VMware".

Uh, thanks, I guess? Does that mean you're in favor of the change?

Re: Requesting comments: The -Name parameter as a positional parameter

LucD — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:23:16 GMT

I'm in favor of the proposed change.
Consistent parameters for all cmdlets!

Re: Requesting comments: The -Name parameter as a positional parameter

halr9000 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:11:14 GMT

We are considering changing the -Name parameter to be the first positional parameter for all Get-* and New-* cmdlets.
Currently Get-VirtualSwitch X will return all Virtual Switches on host X. Does anyone take advantage of this behavior? Does this behavior make more sense than the proposed change?

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Requesting comments: The -Name parameter as a positional parameter

c_shanklin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:58:39 GMT

We are considering changing the -Name parameter to be the first positional parameter for all Get-* and New-* cmdlets.

The idea is that "Get-X Y" will always return the object of type X named Y.
Examples:
1. Get-VM X will return the VM named X (this is the current behavior)
2. Get-VirtualSwitch X will return the Virtual Switch named X (this is not the current behavior).

Some cmdlet behavior will need to change if we do this.

Currently Get-VirtualSwitch X will return all Virtual Switches on host X. Does anyone take advantage of this behavior? Does this behavior make more sense than the proposed change?

We would appreciate any feedback.