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Date:      Mon, 16 Jul 2018 10:57:52 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com>, Dmitry Marakasov <amdmi3@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r470444 - head/lang/gcc-ecj45
Message-ID:  <20180716105752.GA69746@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20180716094530.k6ls4yddh2nmlivd@ogg.in.absolight.net>
References:  <201805200904.w4K94BAh007929@repo.freebsd.org> <alpine.LSU.2.21.1807142237341.5444@anthias.pfeifer.com> <20180716094530.k6ls4yddh2nmlivd@ogg.in.absolight.net>

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On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 11:45:30AM +0200, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 10:39:11PM +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> > I'm not really sure "cosmetic fixes" are covered by portmgr
> > blanket, especially where something is a style issue.
> > 
> > > -EXTRACT_SUFX=
> > > -EXTRACT_ONLY=
> > > +EXTRACT_SUFX=	# empty
> > > +EXTRACT_ONLY=	# empty
> > 
> > ...I preferred the original version of that and do not see this
> > as a real improvement.
> 
> There is some kind of, mmmm, style police that, I think, believe
> variables must have a value

No, it's not about that variables must have a value, it's to designate
that it was made empty on purpose, it's not a stray line or some editor
glitch.  Kind of like why people write "while (...) continue;" rather
than simply "while (...);".  The former clearly shows the intentions,
the latter could be just a stupid bug.

> Never understood it myself.

Hope now it is more clear for you. :-)

./danfe



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