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On Fri, 25 May 2012 15:02:32 -0500 |
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Dan Douglas <ormaaj@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> If it were made a policy now that ebuilds and eclasses cannot depend |
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> upon the subshell (for example, to set temporary positional |
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> parameters or isolate temporary variables), then maybe someday in the |
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> distant future this could be made the default, and in the meantime, |
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> an option for those with new enough shells. Since dependence on the |
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> subshell isn't very common, I think this should be feasible, and of |
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> course as a workaround all that's required is to wrap any such |
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> commands in parentheses. |
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We'll be able to turn that on in a controlled way in EAPI 6. Having |
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said that, if we're reaching the point where speed of bash code is |
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at all relevant, then ebuilds are doing something wrong... |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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