clobber or overwrite or ???

[Robert Widhopf-Fenk]

On Monday, October 24, 2005 at 02:08:33, Erik Bågfors wrote:
> >
> > > So I think using 'clobber' as an argument would be perfectly
> > > acceptable.
> >
> > I think "overwrite" is much clearer.
> 
> As a none native english speaker, I think it's safe to say that even
> people that don't know english that well will know what "overwrite"
> means, but not all will know what "clobber" is.

Sounds like there is a need for option aliases for those
that like funny option names ;-)

Robert