loov / goda

Go Dependency Analysis toolkit
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command `nm` unintuitive #18

Closed tkivisik closed 4 years ago

tkivisik commented 5 years ago

From the list of subcommands, nm is the one which could have a more intuitive name. Depending on future developments I would recommend binary or memory as a replacement.

egonelbre commented 5 years ago

go tool nm and a similar tool from linux nm, but I agree, there should be a better name for it.

tkivisik commented 5 years ago

If you say that tool will primarily be used by people who know what go tool nm and linux nm are, then keeping the name nm has value. For newcomers, docs should be helpful and explicit.

egonelbre commented 5 years ago

The target is to make nm more helpful rather than just outputting the raw information. I think there's no good argument in why to keep calling it nm. While I was writing it, I just couldn't figure out a better name.

egonelbre commented 4 years ago

I just realized that it could be called weight similarly to goweight tool.