Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:37:30 +0200 (MEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: architectures with their own "config PCMCIA" |
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On Sun, 15 Aug 2004, Roman Zippel wrote: > On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > This is less a problem, as here it's clear that you want a boolean result, > > > but something like "FOO=n" is really a string compare and FOO could be of > > > any type (that 99% of all symbols are boolean/tristate symbols doesn't > > > really help). > > > > Wouldn't it be better to require a string or hex to always be quoted > > like "somestring"? > > What about normal numbers? I don't think requiring quotes everywhere for > this is a good idea.
And numbers (both decimal and hex) can easily be distinguished from y, n, and m anyway.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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