From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261656AbVEDLur (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2005 07:50:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261630AbVEDLui (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2005 07:50:38 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:29709 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261627AbVEDLu1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2005 07:50:27 -0400 Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 13:50:24 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Roman Zippel Cc: Andrew Morton , kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jesper Juhl Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] Kconfig: rename "---help---" to "help" in Kconfig files (first part) Message-ID: <20050504115024.GM3592@stusta.de> References: <20050503003400.GO3592@stusta.de> <20050503092202.GC3592@stusta.de> <20050503105743.GE3592@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 03:47:46PM +0200, Roman Zippel wrote: > Hi, Hi Roman, > On Tue, 3 May 2005, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > So why exactly has to be removed? Is it ugly? Does it make Kconfig worse? > > > > The ugly thing is that there are currently two different ways to express > > the same thing. It only causes confusion for people who think those > > different syntaxes had a different meaning. > > Languages often have more than one way to express something, this is not > different. > Early on there was some confusion about this from people writing new > Kconfig entries (not just reading existing ones), but this was became a > non-issue since it's documented now. >... Different ways for expressing the same thing is good for writers but bad for readers. E.g. where to place opening braces in C is a religious issue. For the Linux kernel, CodingStyle sets the rules. And although I'd prefer to set them different, I have to admit that the consistency indide the kernel makes reading easier. > 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