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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Use menuconfig objects - Fusion
On Sat, 21 Jul 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

>
> On Jul 21 2007 15:05, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >> +menuconfig FUSION
> >...
> >> +if FUSION
> >>
> >> config FUSION_SPI
> >...
> >> +endif # FUSION
> >
> > i just *know* i'm going to regret asking this, but is there a
> >compelling reason why the internal contents of a "menuconfig FUBAR"
> >needs to still be surrounded by a "if FUBAR" condition?
>
> Note that if/endif actually translates to a "depends on" for every
> contained object. I prefer the reduced clutter [if/endif] over
> having explicit depends on on every object, since it is redundant.

oh, i absolutely agree with you there.

> >wouldn't it be philosophically cleaner if the internals of a
> >menuconfig structure *automatically* depended on selection of the
> >menuconfig and the "if" part was implicit?
>
> "menuconfig" is not a start marker like "menu" was. Hence it has no
> "stop" marker either. We would need a new object type for that.

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