On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 10:59:25AM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > Roman, a related Q. > > > Why not error out, or at least warn when encountering an unknow > > > symbol in a 'depends on' statement? > > >... > > > > That doesn't sound like a good idea, consider e.g.: > > > > config BAGETLANCE > > tristate "Baget AMD LANCE support" > > depends on NET_ETHERNET && BAGET_MIPS > > This is less a problem, as here it's clear that you want a boolean result, > but something like "FOO=n" is really a string compare and FOO could be of > any type (that 99% of all symbols are boolean/tristate symbols doesn't > really help).
Wouldn't it be better to require a string or hex to always be quoted like "somestring"? This way y/m/n would always have a non-string type. > bye, Roman cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ kbuild-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kbuild-devel