linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7] checkkconfigsymbols.sh: reimplementation in python

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Date:	Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:47:56 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
CC:	Valentin Rothberg <valentinrothberg@...il.com>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Stefan Hengelein <stefan.hengelein@....de>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7] checkkconfigsymbols.sh: reimplementation in python

On 2014-09-29 12:28, Paul Bolle wrote:
>> +STMT = r"^\s*(?:if|select|depends\s+on)\s+" + EXPR
> 
> Could please make that "depends on"? Yes, it seems the yacc grammar
> accepts any amount of whitespace, but that doesn't make it right to use
> anything other than a single space.

But then lines that violate coding style would not be checked for real
errors.


> (Can the yacc grammar be tweaked to
> see "depends on" as one, well, token?)

I don't think this is a good idea. This is a style issue, why make it a
grammar issue.

Michal
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