Re: [PATCH 8/9 V3] Add documentation for the new DTS language.

[David Gibson <david-xT8FGy+AXnRB3Ne2BGzF6laj5H9X9Tb+@public.gmane.org>]

On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 03:25:04PM -0700, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Stephen Neuendorffer
> <stephen.neuendorffer-gjFFaj9aHVfQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > From: Scott Wood [mailto:scottwood-KZfg59tc24xl57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org]
> >> If sequential operations within a tree are supported, I'm not sure
> > that there's
> >> any remaining need for separate top-level trees -- you could express
> > the same
> >> thing as top-level property/node redefinitions.
> >
> > I agree, *IF* sequential operations are supported.
> > But then you have a sequential programming language, not a structured
> > data
> > description.  I think this is a bad idea.
> 
> Indeed.  We've got lots of sequential programming languages.  I don't
> want us to create for ourselves a new (and poorly implemented)
> language.

I agree that we don't want to turn this into a procedural programming
language.  On the other hand, there is plenty of precedent for
declarative languages where order of declarations remains important
for deciding which takes precedence.

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