Re: [gentoo-dev] new `usex` helper

[Alec Warner]

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
> i keep writing little helpers like this in ebuilds:
> usex() { use $1 && echo ${2:-yes} || echo ${3:-no} ; }

usex...you naughty boy.

>
> this is so i can do:
>        export some_var=$(usex some_flag)
> and get it set to "yes" or "no"

If the intent is to use it for logic:

export some_var=$(usex some_flag)

if [[ $some_var == yes ]]; then
 # buttsex
fi

Then I recommend making true / false the default and then doing

if $some_var; then
  # buttsex
fi

If you are using it more like use_enable then...thats ok I guess ;p

-A

>
> or if i want something a little different, i can do:
>        export some_var=$(usex some_flag true false)
>        export some_var=$(usex some_flag y n)
>
> useful enough for EAPI ?  or should i just stick it into eutils.eclass ?  OR
> BOTH !?
> -mike
>