[bitbake-devel] [PATCH] bitbake.vim: detect *.bbappend files in ftdetect automatically

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Wed, 12 Dec 2012, Eren Türkay wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 01:57:53PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >   gack.  there's no compelling reason to be that, um, pedantic with
> > the wildcard pattern.  just use
> >
> >   *.{bb,bbappend,bbclass}
> >
> > trying to save a couple characters while introducing that kind of
> > visual ugliness just isn't worth it.
>
> It can be used but I was not the one who introduced "that kind of
> visual ugliness" :) I just sticked with the old one, adding
> bbappend.
>
> Visual ugliness/goodness depends on person to person. To me, it
> doesn't look ugly at all. I've seen things uglier than just an
> innocent wildcard pattern.

  sorry, i didn't mean to pick on you. :-)  i would avoid that kind of
extreme optimization for a couple reasons.

  first, it just *looks* like a typo at first glance.  when i saw it,
my immediate reaction was, oops, spelling mistake and i had to look
again to see it wasn't.

  also, it's sort of just a fluke that you can do that kind of
optimization.  the instant you add another suffix that starts with
something other than a "b", it messes things up and you lose the
advantage.

  anyway, i will leave this in the hands of folks higher up the food
chain.

rday

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