Re: Perl Bug?

[Pavel Roskin]

Hello, Akim!

> +    print STDERR "=>> @_\n";
> +    print STDERR "==>> $_\n";

I disagree with this style of programming.

GNU standard says that the program name should start with the name of the
program followed by the colon.

Such patches are sometimes good for debugging, but usually only for the
person who added them. Generic puprose debugging interface should at least
respect "--verbose" and prepend "automake:" to all messages.

What we already have in CVS is unacceptable:

$ grep STDERR automake.in
    print STDERR "automake: programming error: @_\n";
                    print STDERR "traces: discovered $source\n";
                    print STDERR "traces: discovered AC_SUBST($args[0])\n";
                    print STDERR "Pushing $dependees into $_\n";
#    print STDERR "result_vars: $result_vars\n";
#    print STDERR "result_rules: $result_rules\n";

I believe that all those lines should be removed with the exception of the
"programming error".

Regards,
Pavel Roskin