On Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:35:14 -0500 Michael Orlitzky <mich...@orlitzky.com> wrote:
> On 03/09/2012 12:04 AM, Michał Górny wrote: > >> > >> This is of course isomorphic to requiring a specific EAPI=4 format, > >> but does allow you to do stupid things like x=`seq 4 4`; eapi $x; > >> if you want. > > > > What advantage does it give us? We still can't change ebuild syntax > > in global scope because bash will barf. > > > > Not in EAPI=5, no, but once all PMs are using the eapi function we > could. > > The function can do any crazy thing you want. Right now, we need to > source the entire ebuild to get at its environment. Before we source > it for real, we just want to know the value of $EAPI. Since eapi() > will be the first function called, it can be our interface to this > variable. What if bash starts to parse the script completely and barfs at 'syntax error' before it starts executing stuff? -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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