[Gnu-arch-users] Re: [MERGE REQUEST] changeset translation preparatory work

[Miles Bader]

Jani Monoses <address@hidden> writes:
> I meant ../configure --with-prefix=/usr/local --use-dots-in-magic-name
>
> That would mean where now is "{arch}" hardcoded there would be an
> expanded macro.  So there's no need for encoding/decoding overhead or
> runtime overhead of checking another file for what the {arch} name is.

So you're just talking about configuring the system-wide default for
what {arch} is called in project trees?

You'd still have whatever overhead is required to check the users's
default -- after all some people might want to use "{arch}" on a system
where the default had been set to ".arch".

Also, I'm not sure of the advisability of making the default a
system-specific thing; this feature is already going to a bit of a
challenge for the document writers...

-Miles
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