Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:30:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:30:45 -0500 Received: from smtp09.iddeo.es ([62.81.186.19]:7404 "EHLO smtp09.retemail.es") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:30:44 -0500 Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 00:40:09 +0100 From: "J.A. Magallon" To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: "J.A. Magallon" , Jeff Garzik , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Perl in the toolchain Message-ID: <20030131234009.GC1541@werewolf.able.es> References: <20030131133929.A8992@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20030131194837.GC8298@gtf.org> <20030131213827.GA1541@werewolf.able.es> <20030131222257.GA11011@mars.ravnborg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT In-Reply-To: <20030131222257.GA11011@mars.ravnborg.org>; from sam@ravnborg.org on Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 23:22:57 +0100 X-Mailer: Balsa 2.0.6 Lines: 16 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 2003.01.31 Sam Ravnborg wrote: > On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 10:38:27PM +0100, J.A. Magallon wrote: [...] > > instead of > > - do all parsing in perl, that is what perl is for and what is mainly done > > in kconfig scripts > flex and bison is better for this job. Sure ? KConfig syntax is now context-dependent or the like ? -- J.A. Magallon \ Software is like sex: werewolf.able.es \ It's better when it's free Mandrake Linux release 9.1 (Cooker) for i586 Linux 2.4.21-pre4-jam1 (gcc 3.2.1 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.1-5mdk)) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/