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Re: FYI: spy.test for ::-rules
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Tom Tromey |
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Re: FYI: spy.test for ::-rules |
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10 Nov 2003 17:55:28 -0700 |
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>>>>> "adl" == Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> writes:
adl> This was discussed in April/May, when Eric Siegerman (IIRC) suggested
adl> using ::-rules to simplify
In the distant past we used :: rules extensively.
François convinced me to get rid of them:
Thu Nov 23 18:02:38 1995 Tom Tromey <address@hidden>
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* subdirs.am: Removed "::" rules
* header.am, libraries.am, mans.am, texinfos.am, footer.am:
Removed "::" rules
* scripts.am, programs.am, libprograms.am: Removed "::" rules
I no longer remember the rationale for this. It may have only been a
belief that they were unportable.
Tom