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Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:31:07 +0530
From: "Satyam Sharma" <satyam.sharma@gmail.com>
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Hi Roman,

On 6/23/07, Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, 23 Jun 2007, Satyam Sharma wrote:
>
> > given "menuconfig FOO depends on BAR", then all the "config BAZ"s
> > inside this menuconfig also automatically "depend on" BAR too.
> > This is simpler in the long run because it requires least amount
> > (actually none) of redundant typing
>
> I don't like this, as this would attach special meaning to a menuconfig.

But "menuconfig" _is_ special ...

> menuconfig is really a type of config symbol, rather than a type of menu.

Well, I'd have to disagree here. A config symbol has code associated
with it (at least _all_ config symbols in the kernel originally did, till
when these "menuconfig" things got introduced, which is precisely
what made them "special").

These "menuconfig" things are (or were supposed to be, at least :-)
just a _presentation_ thing.

> Potentially this could also be written as:
>
> config FOO
>         option menu
>         ...

I'm not sure why anybody would prefer such a syntax / idiom.
I know that "de gustibus non est disputandum", but personally
I find such usage *horribly* unclear.

Satyam