Re: [kbuild-devel] Re: [patch] config language dep_* enhancements

Greg Banks (gnb@alphalink.com.au)
Sat, 24 Aug 2002 22:43:57 +1000


Roman Zippel wrote:
>
> Let me mention (again), that we are talking about two different problems
> here. On the hand bugs in the rulebase can be fixed with either syntax.

Agreed.

> On
> the other hand major cleanups/extensions are better done with only a
> single parser.

than N. A single parser is the Obviously Correct Approach (tm).

But the problem is that changing to use a single parser is in itself
a revolutionary step, doubly so if the syntax changes at the same time.

Greg.

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