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On Friday 01 July 2005 17:14, Jonathan Smith wrote: |
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> Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote: |
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> > Btw, what's wrong with the `DEPEND="$(your_function)" || die` |
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> > i've proposed? Using a return code seems to be the simplest way |
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> > to signal a failure, no? |
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> calling a function in a global scope is a bad idea. it leads to lots of |
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> unneccessary (and timely) computations |
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It also makes any attempts to parse ebuilds without using bash (our current |
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strategy) a lot harder (actually causing bash reimplementation) |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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