Re: [gentoo-dev] A more natural (human-friendly) syntax for dependencies

[Alex Alexander]

On Sep 22, 2012 8:25 PM, "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:11:48 +0300
> Alex Alexander <wired@g.o> wrote:
>
> > On Sep 22, 2012 7:38 PM, "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
> > >
> > > emerge 'foo >= 1.1' 'bar < 1.0'?
> > > emerge foo '>=' 1.1 bar '<' 1.0?
> >
> > How is the above easier to read than
> >
> > emerge >=foo-1.1 <bar-1.0
>
> Did you even test it? That would create '=foo-1.1' and then fail trying
> to read 'bar-1.0'. It's rather:
>
>   emerge '>=foo-1.1' '<bar-1.0'

Yes, you are right, still much easier to read than your example tho.

Testing things is limited to very important stuff atm, I only have an
android phone and intermittent 3g available and ssh without a real kb is a
pain :-)

> > I think your example is working against you*.*
> >
> > The current syntax is much easier to read than the
> > quote-and-whitespace-tracking horror of your example :-P
>
> It's no less quoting than in the current case. And it could be simply
> extended to supporting quoting-less syntax, e.g.:
>
>   emerge foo -gt 1.1 bar -lt 1.0

I still find whitespace inappropriate for this kind of things. You are
trying to replace a single atom that instantly gives you all required
information with a format that does not clearly separate atoms, IMHO anyway
:-)

Alex | wired