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 04:13:30PM -0800, Stephen Neuendorffer wrote:
[snip]
> Yes... I think this should just be allowed... or at the very least I
> don't see a reason to make this an error...  It does occur to me
> that it might be useful to explicitly note the 'extension' of a
> previous node, which asserts that it *must* exist.  i.e.
> 
> foo {
> 	bar + {
> 		bar = 3;
> 	}
> }
> 
> Here it is explicitly clear that bar is an incomplete definition?

Hrm, interesting idea, and one that could have some merit.  However,
that specific syntax won't work, since '+' is a valid character in
node and property names.

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