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

[Michał Górny]

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'

> 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

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny