Re: Kconfig: '+config' valid syntax?

Stefan Hengelein
2015-07-03T10:56:43Z

2015-07-03 12:51 GMT+02:00 Valentin Rothberg <valentinrothberg@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> The output looks like this:
>>> scripts/kconfig/conf --allyesconfig Kconfig
>>> arch/x86/Kconfig:4:warning: ignoring unsupported character '-'
>>> arch/x86/Kconfig:4:warning: ignoring unsupported character '-'
>>> arch/x86/Kconfig:4:warning: ignoring unsupported character '-'
>>> init/Kconfig:222:warning: ignoring unsupported character '-'
>>> init/Kconfig:222:warning: ignoring unsupported character '-'
>>> init/Kconfig:222:warning: ignoring unsupported character '-'
>>> init/Kconfig:244:warning: ignoring unsupported character '-'
>>> init/Kconfig:244:warning: ignoring unsupported character '-'
>>> init/Kconfig:244:warning: ignoring unsupported character '-'
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> So we would need to add special treatment for '-' also in the command
>>> case, right? But that doesn't look appealing to me, more like a dirty,
>>> dirty hack around the actual problem...
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Andreas
>>>
>>
>> Except for scattered accidents like in the original message, which are
>> hopefully pretty rare and easy to fix, the only documented thing that depends
>> on that lexer sloppiness is the ---help--- "token".
>>
>> I'd just add "---help---" as another T_HELP alias (or get rid of it altogether,
>> but that's probably more work than it's worth). Tightening things up should be
>> safe after that.
>
> This idea has a big ACK from me. It seems to me the cleanest way to
> solve the issue.
>

Agreed! I also wanted to suggest this solution, but Ulf was faster :)

Kind Regards,
Stefan