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From: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Request to add ~> atom prefix operator on Portage.
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 08:28:13
Message-Id: CAATnKFCFt7Aab+hV_1F2KbubKrt0NFpe_1B0vfoMeLEdFeMb3Q@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Request to add ~> atom prefix operator on Portage. by konsolebox
1 On 14 September 2015 at 20:22, konsolebox <konsolebox@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > If we use an arithmetic operator like ~> then that could be decided
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5 As a counter proposal I'd suggest a different suffix character than
6 "*" instead. It just seems less confusing to have something like
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8 =cat/foo-1.30+
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10 Instead of
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12 ~>cat/foo-1.30
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14 Because ~> to me conveys some combination of ~ and > effects, when it
15 is neither of those two.
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19 Kent
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21 KENTNL - https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Request to add ~> atom prefix operator on Portage. konsolebox <konsolebox@×××××.com>