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On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 03:21:17PM +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 20:24:15 +0100 Maurice van der Pot |
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> <griffon26@g.o> wrote: |
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> Reasons we want to allow negatives: |
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> * They are useful in certain situations. |
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Can you give an example? |
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> * They could reasonably be expected to work -- negatives work in other |
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> places. |
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I don't doubt that it will work. |
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> * Not supporting negatives simply because they cause complications is |
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> basically admitting that we suck. |
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Only if we are the reason this particular implementation of negatives is |
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chosen. You won't catch me saying either one of these is an optimal |
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solution. In this case I think we're trying to select the lesser evil. |
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Regards, |
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Maurice. |
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Maurice van der Pot |
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Gentoo Linux Developer griffon26@g.o http://www.gentoo.org |
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