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On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:12:42 +0800 |
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Ben de Groot <yngwin@g.o> wrote: |
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> >> 1) This unifies the existing syntax down into a collapsed form. In |
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> >> doing so, there are measurable gains across the board for PM |
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> >> efficiency and rsync alone. |
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> Unifying existing syntax = cosmetic |
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Not *entirely* cosmetic. If only you should have seen the scores of bug |
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reports that got resolved by simply switching DEPEND and RDEPEND in an |
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ebuild. Apparently a single character difference is often easy to |
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miss, (perhaps especially in dealing with uppercase variables). It is |
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definitely easier to spot the difference between lowercase "build" and |
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"run", so even a cosmetic change could be beneficial if it enhanced |
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legibility, right? |
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