[gobolinux-devel] Use flags specification

[Hisham]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 3:58 AM, Daniele Maccari <gobo.users at gmail.com> wrote:
> Michael Homer wrote:
>  > It would be silly to write that, since the flag definitely won't be
>  > enabled by default. -gtk1 won't do anything unless you've already
>  > enabled it yourself earlier in the file.
>  > -Michael
>  That's an interesting point. They're not *real* use flags then, since
>  choosing to disable something doesn't actually disable anything, am I
>  right here?

If they're not "real" in the sense that they are not Gentoo-equivalent
use flags, then yes, they're not. But if they're not use flags, then
what are they? I find it better to keep the name than to just invent a
name and have to explain it to people like "well, they're basically
like use-flags" every time. Keeping the name is also a way of giving
credit to Gentoo. I don't consider the name misleading because of
these implementation details.

Perhaps the best thing to do would be to:
* disallow global negative flags in configuration files altogether.
* have the "+" to be an implicit operator.

The difference in syntax would make the difference in semantics clearer.

-- Hisham