linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] Kconfig: Introduce "uses" keyword

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Message-ID: <nycvar.YSQ.7.76.2004181509030.2671@knanqh.ubzr>
Date:   Sat, 18 Apr 2020 15:11:15 -0400 (EDT)
From:   Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
cc:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] Kconfig: Introduce "uses" keyword

On Sun, 19 Apr 2020, Masahiro Yamada wrote:

> (FOO || !FOO) is difficult to understand, but
> the behavior of "uses FOO" is as difficult to grasp.

Can't this be expressed as the following instead:

	depends on FOO if FOO

That would be a little clearer.


Nicolas