Gentoo Archives: gentoo-pms

From:	Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To:	Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
Cc:	gentoo-pms@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH] How about a \ChangeWhenAddingAnEAPI marker?
Date:	Sun, 06 May 2012 22:50:33
Message-Id:	`20391.46.408436.829585@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-pms] [PATCH] How about a \ChangeWhenAddingAnEAPI marker? by Ciaran McCreesh

1	>>>>> On Sun, 6 May 2012, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
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3	> On Sun, 6 May 2012 21:40:42 +0200
4	> Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:
5	>> > In pms.tex, at the top, we say
6	>>
7	>> > \CurrentEAPIIs{4}
8	>>
9	>> > Then everywhere where we have EAPI dependent content, we put
10	>>
11	>> > \ChangeWhenAddingAnEAPI{4}
12	>>
13	>> > which we can then grep for. Also, if you change the current EAPI,
14	>> > and forget to change any of the markers, an error is produced.
15	>>
16	>> This looks a bit over-engineered to me. Wouldn't simple comments serve
17	>> the same purpose?
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19	> Comments don't force a failure when you forget about them. Being
20	> self-validating makes it hard to screw up accidentally.
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22	Then use at least names for these commands that are easier to type.
23	Shorter and without capital letters, please.
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25	How about \latesteapi and \eapichange?
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27	Ulrich