Hi Tom, On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 at 10:30, Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 10:24:25AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote: > > Hi Wolfgang, > > > > On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 at 10:20, Wolfgang Denk <w...@denx.de> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Simon, > > > > > > In message > > > <capnjgz1p6uerhdsgbzgmxfhgv7uhrfa1ufvohggd0-136ot...@mail.gmail.com> you > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > But how do we handle this? > > > > > > > > var+=fred > > > > > > > > Is this appending to var or assigning to var+ ? > > > > > > It is assigning to "var+". > > > > er... > > > > > > > > > > var++=fred > > > > > > > > is unambiguous but very confusing. I think it would be better to > > > > disallow + > > > > > > It's neither unambiguous nor confusing. It is assigning to "var++". > > > > What? Can you read that again? > > With the assumption that the append operator is "=+" and NOT "+=" then > yes, your examples are unambiguous because = is not allowed in variable > names, before and after. > > > > I think we should not change what is old and might be in use. > > > > > > It is much easier to change what is new and can be defined at will. > > > > > > If we define for example that "<name>=+<value>" appends, then we can > > > also define our own escape rules, for example: > > > > > > var=fred assigns > > > var=+fred appends "fred" > > > var=\+fred assignes the value "+fred" > > > var=++fred appends "+fred" > > > > I don't like that at all. It requires an escape for a common case and > > is very confusing. > > Wait saying we'll add "+SOMETHING" is a common case?
Yes we have places where we add to env vars depending on CONFIG settings. > > > Since people will be converting their out-of-tree scripts anyway, they > > can check for this sort of madness at the time. There should be no > > problem. > > I'm not sure I like saying the operator is "=+" rather than "+=" because > "=+" is a less commonly seen operator and tends to be an alternative > appends for special cases / side-effects / position in parsing. Me neither. I started hearing Voltaire's admonition ringing in my head a few emails back. The way I have this, is it fairly trivial to convert an existing script to a text file. I suspect it can be done automatically but I have not actually tried it. I'd really like to keep it simple. I also want to invoke the 'if you are not in mainline you don't exist' maxim at this point. Regards, Simon
