Alex Alexander <wi...@gentoo.org> wrote: >On Sep 22, 2012 8:25 PM, "Michał Górny" <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> >> On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:11:48 +0300 >> Alex Alexander <wi...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> >> > On Sep 22, 2012 7:38 PM, "Michał Górny" <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> > > >> > > emerge 'foo >= 1.1' 'bar < 1.0'? >> > > emerge foo '>=' 1.1 bar '<' 1.0? >> > >> > How is the above easier to read than >> > >> > emerge >=foo-1.1 <bar-1.0 >> >> Did you even test it? That would create '=foo-1.1' and then fail >trying >> to read 'bar-1.0'. It's rather: >> >> emerge '>=foo-1.1' '<bar-1.0' > >Yes, you are right, still much easier to read than your example tho. > >Testing things is limited to very important stuff atm, I only have an >android phone and intermittent 3g available and ssh without a real kb >is a >pain :-) > >> > I think your example is working against you*.* >> > >> > The current syntax is much easier to read than the >> > quote-and-whitespace-tracking horror of your example :-P >> >> It's no less quoting than in the current case. And it could be simply >> extended to supporting quoting-less syntax, e.g.: >> >> emerge foo -gt 1.1 bar -lt 1.0 > >I still find whitespace inappropriate for this kind of things. You are >trying to replace a single atom that instantly gives you all required >information with a format that does not clearly separate atoms, IMHO >anyway
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