On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Robert P. J. Day <[email protected]> wrote: > > i've grumbled about this before -- the *apparent* redundancy in > combining the "_append" and "+=" constructs -- but someone recently > suggested there's a use case for that that weirds me out if true. > > given that "_append" defers appending, and that "+=" inserts a > space, the argument was that combining them both defers appending > *and* inserts a space when appending is finally done. > > *blink*. > > seriously? is that what that combination is being used for?
I am not sure if its used consciously most of time, I ask developers why they used it they just wanted to add to an existing variable and += did not work. the construct is an unintended side effect of bitbake syntax > > rday > > p.s. i don't even want to think what happens if you combine "_append" > and, say, "=+". or some other operator. > > -- > > ======================================================================== > Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA > http://crashcourse.ca > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday > LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday > ======================================================================== > > -- > _______________________________________________ > Openembedded-core mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core -- _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
