On Tuesday 26 July 2005 03:38 pm, Brian Kimball wrote: > You already have a lot of escapes already, so maybe %r could change to > displaying 5 characters: d/r/s. Those wishing to only see actual > reverse depends can limit the width to 1 character. > > What do you think?
If I did this, I'd probably resolve the problem by extending the syntax of format codes, similarly to how I extended matchers. For instance, %(r:Recommends) I tend to think, though, that the pattern and format languages are getting a little too complicated, and rather than adding lots of variations on their codes for all sorts of obscure situations, I'd rather just add hooks into a real programming language such as Python...although, of course, it's a lot easier to hack up individual special-case fixes to each situation as it comes up. :P Daniel -- /------------------- Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------\ | "You mean, you'll drop your rock and | | I'll drop my sword and we'll just try to | | kill one another like civilized people?" | | -- "The Princess Bride" | \- Does your computer have Super Cow Powers? ------- http://www.debian.org -/
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