caget -d DBR_...INT doesn't work

[Érico Nogueira Rolim via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Hi there!


This was an inconsistency I noticed in caget. The help output lists
multiple DBR_...INT types as options for caget's -d option, but none of
them work, because the dbr_text array from
modules/ca/src/client/access.cpp includes only DBR_...SHORT strings.
Would it be okay to simply remove the INT options from the help output
entirely? Or should the tool try and replace "INT" for "SHORT", similar
to how it adds "DBR_" when it doesn't find a match at first?


Somewhat related to that, it seems a bit confusing that some pieces of
code use DBR_INT instead of standardizing on DBR_SHORT. Would a patch
moving everything to DBR_SHORT be of interest?


Cheers,

Érico


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