Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 May 2003 17:33:41 +0200 (CEST) | From | Roman Zippel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Update fs Makefiles |
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Hi,
On Tue, 20 May 2003, Kai Germaschewski wrote:
> > >>-adfs-objs := dir.o dir_f.o dir_fplus.o file.o inode.o map.o super.o > > >>+adfs-y := dir.o dir_f.o dir_fplus.o file.o inode.o map.o super.o > > > > > > > > > > Why have two methods of doing the same thing? foo-y is clearly the > > preferred method because it is easy to work with conditionals. > > I tend to agree, though I don't feel strongly about it. Having two > different methods of expressing the same thing will always be confusing.
Has the new syntax any advantage, e.g. does it make sense to have adfs-m? Otherwise the -obj syntax looks IMO more readable and it directly says that this is a composite object.
bye, Roman
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