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On sob, 2017-04-29 at 14:05 -0400, Davide Pesavento wrote: |
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> On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Dnia 29 kwietnia 2017 19:23:49 CEST, Davide Pesavento <pesa@g.o> napisał(a): |
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> > > On Sat, Apr 29, 2017 at 1:57 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> |
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> > > wrote: |
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> > > > On sob, 2017-04-29 at 05:41 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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> > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 28 Apr 2017, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > > > > > |
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> > > > > > (and hyphens do not require holding shift). |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > So they are awkward to type inside a string that is all-caps? |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Funny enough, yes. I naturally let shift go when pushing '-' ;-). |
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> > > > Some habit, probably. And I bet some people might actually use caps |
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> > > > lock. |
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> > > |
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> > > So please remind me why everyone else has to adapt to your habits? |
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> > Because I cared enough to do the work. If you want it the other way around, then send the reverse patch instead of giving asshole comments. |
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> Fair enough. FTR, I have no preference either way, this is 100% |
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> bikeshedding if you ask me. |
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> Also, I didn't mean to be rude, just wanted to point out that what you |
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> said about being easier to type might not apply to everybody (in fact, |
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> the opposite is probably true for most people). |
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But you were. I get it, you don't have to get it when I try to make |
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a funny remark. But that's not an excuse to behave like that. |
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As the commit message said, the only real reason was that hyphen is |
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around 3.5x more common. Which means changing the other one is 3.5x less |
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work, and 3.5x smaller problem of changing the habits. |
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$ grep '@ECLASS-VARIABLE' *.eclass | wc -l |
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770 |
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$ grep '@DEFAULT_UNSET' *.eclass | wc -l |
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222 |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |