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On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 08:42:34PM +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Sun, 6 May 2012 21:40:42 +0200
> Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:
> > > It's easy to miss some places that have to be updated when adding a
> > > new EAPI. This hack fixes that. It works like this:
> >
> > > In pms.tex, at the top, we say
> >
> > > \CurrentEAPIIs{4}
> >
> > > Then everywhere where we have EAPI dependent content, we put
> >
> > > \ChangeWhenAddingAnEAPI{4}
> >
> > > which we can then grep for. Also, if you change the current EAPI,
> > > and forget to change any of the markers, an error is produced.
> >
> > This looks a bit over-engineered to me. Wouldn't simple comments serve
> > the same purpose?
>
> Comments don't force a failure when you forget about them. Being
> self-validating makes it hard to screw up accidentally.
Seconded; in the sphinx version of pms I've been playing w/ I was
planning on using similar functionality (including deprecation markers
so we make damn sure we remove stuff in later eapi's).
~brian
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