From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267235AbUHOXWM (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:22:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267237AbUHOXWM (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:22:12 -0400 Received: from hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de ([129.187.202.12]:27075 "HELO hermes.fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S267235AbUHOXWF (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:22:05 -0400 Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 01:22:02 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Roman Zippel Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , Arnd Bergmann , Christoph Hellwig , wli@holomorphy.com, "David S. Miller" , schwidefsky@de.ibm.com, linux390@de.ibm.com, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, Linux/m68k , Linux Kernel Development , kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: architectures with their own "config PCMCIA" Message-ID: <20040815232201.GT1387@fs.tum.de> References: <20040807172518.GA25169@fs.tum.de> <200408072013.01168.arnd@arndb.de> <20040811201725.GJ26174@fs.tum.de> <20040811214032.GC7207@mars.ravnborg.org> <20040812001003.GV26174@fs.tum.de> <20040814204711.GD1387@fs.tum.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 01:01:35AM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote: > Hi, Hi Roman, > On Sun, 15 Aug 2004, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > What about normal numbers? I don't think requiring quotes everywhere for > > > this is a good idea. > > > > And numbers (both decimal and hex) can easily be distinguished from y, n, and m > > anyway. > > I did consider this at some point, but I didn't want to add further > special cases. Every symbol has a tristate and a string value and so you > can compare pretty much everything with everything else. Splitting the > string value further into other types isn't worth the trouble. The problem > at hand is easy enough to solve by adding a type declaration. if things stay as they are, we _really_ need warnings for !=n and rewrite the correct ones to (FOO=y || FOO=m). > bye, Roman cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed