Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1999 11:52:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Feldman <green@unixhelp.org> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, jdp@polstra.com Subject: Re: /sys/boot, egcs vs. gcc, -Os Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904091151290.54795-100000@janus.syracuse.net> In-Reply-To: <199904091534.BAA01723@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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On Sat, 10 Apr 1999, Bruce Evans wrote:
> >But what's wrong with having a specific -= operator? It would make code more
> >readable, which is a plus. It would be obvious for people to look for such
> >before resorting to substition rules.
>
> Creeping featurism. Obscure semantics (would it do nothing if the rvalue
> is not in the lvalue? What about if the rvalue is added later?).
You say "creeping features", I say "something that would have made sense
since the beginning". The semantics would be "yes" and "yes", respectively
>
> Bruce
>
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