On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 16:23:16 +0200 Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Fri, 7 Sep 2012 13:36:05 +0100 > Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccre...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > These are the rules for a machine. People don't actually read > > > dependencies sequentially. Provide a good algorithm which works > > > from any position. > > > > Read backwards from the current position until you find a label. > > It's the same algorithm you use to find out what the current > > section is when you're reading an article. > > No, it doesn't work that way. > > See: > > foo? ( > label: > dev-foo/bar > ) > dev-bar/foo <- > > Reading backwards, I find 'label'.
...skipping subblocks. Although the case you've given is unlikely to be used in practice, since experience shows that given this feature, developers use it in an easily understood manner. > > > shall we repeat all the disadvantages which you love to forgot to > > > mention? > > > > No, please stay out of this until you understand the original > > proposal, and in particular the parts marked with ***. So long as > > you don't understand what we're discussing, I'm afraid any > > contributions you make will simply be shouting and waving. > > What have parts marked with '***' to do with the disadvantages we have > already proved and which you didn't even bother answering? The problem is that you're arguing against a proposal that doesn't exist except in your head. If you'd like to read and understand the proposal being made, which starts with understanding the bits marked clearly with stars, and then once you've understood it, rethink and present any issues you find with that proposal then we might have something to discuss. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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