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This question somehow extends the question "Package option vs setup command".

I'm currently writing a class dedicated to students reports for both academic projects and internships. This class provides a reportsetup command that lets the user setting things up via keys/values.

For example, one thing that can be set up is the company's name of the internship. It appears that this could be done both:

• via a command: companyname{⟨name⟩},


• via a key=value: reportsetup{companyname = ⟨name⟩},

and this, whether the class considers the company's name mandatory or not: both commands and keys may be mandatory or optional.

This is just an example but potentially applies to all commands all classes (or packages) could provide.

What would be the best between these two practices?

macros best-practices package-writing documentclass-writing options

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  Personally, I always use setup macro for mandatory (else it will not compile) definitions and key-value-interfaces for anything else (mandatory, if feature used, optional, etc.). But I think it also comes down to personal preference.
  
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This question somehow extends the question "Package option vs setup command".

I'm currently writing a class dedicated to students reports for both academic projects and internships. This class provides a reportsetup command that lets the user setting things up via keys/values.

For example, one thing that can be set up is the company's name of the internship. It appears that this could be done both:

• via a command: companyname{⟨name⟩},


• via a key=value: reportsetup{companyname = ⟨name⟩},

and this, whether the class considers the company's name mandatory or not: both commands and keys may be mandatory or optional.

This is just an example but potentially applies to all commands all classes (or packages) could provide.

What would be the best between these two practices?

macros best-practices package-writing documentclass-writing options

share|improve this question

edited 8 hours ago

Denis Bitouzé

asked yesterday

Denis BitouzéDenis Bitouzé

3,60711351

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Personally, I always use setup macro for mandatory (else it will not compile) definitions and key-value-interfaces for anything else (mandatory, if feature used, optional, etc.). But I think it also comes down to personal preference.
  
  – TeXnician
  18 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

This question somehow extends the question "Package option vs setup command".

I'm currently writing a class dedicated to students reports for both academic projects and internships. This class provides a reportsetup command that lets the user setting things up via keys/values.

For example, one thing that can be set up is the company's name of the internship. It appears that this could be done both:

• via a command: companyname{⟨name⟩},


• via a key=value: reportsetup{companyname = ⟨name⟩},

and this, whether the class considers the company's name mandatory or not: both commands and keys may be mandatory or optional.

This is just an example but potentially applies to all commands all classes (or packages) could provide.

What would be the best between these two practices?

macros best-practices package-writing documentclass-writing options

share|improve this question

edited 8 hours ago

Denis Bitouzé

asked yesterday

Denis BitouzéDenis Bitouzé

3,60711351

share|improve this question

edited 8 hours ago

Denis Bitouzé

asked yesterday

Denis BitouzéDenis Bitouzé

3,60711351

share|improve this question

edited 8 hours ago

Denis Bitouzé

asked yesterday

Denis BitouzéDenis Bitouzé

3,60711351

asked yesterday

Denis BitouzéDenis Bitouzé

3,60711351

asked yesterday

Denis BitouzéDenis Bitouzé

3,60711351