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From: Alex Alexander <wired@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] A more natural (human-friendly) syntax for dependencies
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:12:48
Message-Id: CAMUzOahUVrZdAsmEafZTVNbGP4oFc-ZSQB3eCBgQW3wRw=Lrww@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] A more natural (human-friendly) syntax for dependencies by "Michał Górny"
1 On Sep 22, 2012 7:38 PM, "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
2 >
3 > emerge 'foo >= 1.1' 'bar < 1.0'?
4 > emerge foo '>=' 1.1 bar '<' 1.0?
5
6 How is the above easier to read than
7
8 emerge >=foo-1.1 <bar-1.0
9
10 ?
11
12 I think your example is working against you*.*
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14 The current syntax is much easier to read than the
15 quote-and-whitespace-tracking horror of your example :-P
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17 Alex | wired

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