iojs -i does nothing when -e is used #1197

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2. silverwind commented on Mar 19, 2015

   

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   I'm not sure -i works like that:

     -i, --interactive    always enter the REPL even if stdin
                          does not appear to be a terminal
   

   It appears to just be a switch to force a repl on strange terminals (with no other arguments).
3. bnoordhuis commented on Mar 19, 2015

   

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   Yes, that's what it's for. I suspect that the expectation is that -ie works like -ic does with python:

   $ python -ic 'x = 42'
   >>> x
   42
   

   Right now, it's rejected as a bad flag. I'd be fine with a PR that adds such functionality.
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5. Trott

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6. Trott commented on Mar 11, 2016

   

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   There are really two separate issues here:

   • if -i and -e are specified, then -i is ignored
   • if multiple flags are specified together (that is, something like node -ie rather than node -i -e), the CLI will not pick the flags apart

   #5655 is a proposed fix to the first issue, but not the second one.
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9. Trott commented on Mar 16, 2016

   

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   #5655 has landed so node -i -e will now work with node build from the current master branch. node -ie will be fixed by improved args parsing which @evanlucas hopes to land soon-ish.
10. evanlucas

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