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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit
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Robert Anderson |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit |
Date: |
04 Oct 2003 11:22:44 -0700 |
On Sat, 2003-10-04 at 08:14, Zack Brown wrote:
> It's just strange because people have been advocating 'taglines' as if
> there is no justification to use anything else. If that were the case,
> why would arch support any alternatives?
This is a legitimate question: Has tagline mode obsoleted either
explicit and/or implicit modes?
I think the answer is "no", but the contexts in which explicit and
implicit are the right choice have become pretty darn narrow.
explicit _enforces_ that no internal ids be used, and that no name-based
ids be used.
implicit _enforces_ that no name-based ids be used.
So only when it is a priority to explicitly disallow those things for a
tree's lifetime should those modes be used. Only a _more_ experienced
arch user would know when they want to rule certain kinds of
functionality out, so as a rule-of-thumb you'd typically want to use the
mode which provides the most options: tagline.
Bob
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit (was Linus Torvalds <address@hidden> Re: log-buf-len dynamic), (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit (was Linus Torvalds <address@hidden> Re: log-buf-len dynamic), Tom Lord, 2003/10/03
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Re: taglines vs explicit (was Linus Torvalds <address@hidden> Re: log-buf-len dynamic), Stig Brautaset, 2003/10/04
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit (was Linus Torvalds <address@hidden> Re: log-buf-len dynamic), Andrea Arcangeli, 2003/10/03
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Zack Brown, 2003/10/03
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Andrea Arcangeli, 2003/10/03
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Zack Brown, 2003/10/04
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Mark A. Flacy, 2003/10/04
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Zack Brown, 2003/10/04
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Robert Anderson, 2003/10/04
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Ethan Benson, 2003/10/04
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit,
Robert Anderson <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Robert Anderson, 2003/10/04
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/05
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Robert Collins, 2003/10/05
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/05
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Robert Collins, 2003/10/05
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Robert Collins, 2003/10/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Robert Anderson, 2003/10/07
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: taglines vs explicit, Robert Anderson, 2003/10/08