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Improving user experience for non-recursive builds

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From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: Peter Johansson <trojkan <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Rosin <peda <at> lysator.liu.se>, Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>, 13524 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "automake-patches <at> gnu.org" <automake-patches <at> gnu.org>, Miles Bader <miles <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:41:36 +0100

On 02/04/2013 01:44 PM, Peter Johansson wrote:
> On 2/4/13 9:33 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> What about doubling the curly braces?  As in '{{RELDIR}}'.
>> Would that be tolerable?  Other possibilities (none particularly
>> pleasant either, IMHO):
>>
>>    {+RELDIR+}
>>    {:RELDIR:}
>>    {.RELDIR.}
>>    {-RELDIR-}
>>
>> Other proposals?
> Using Automake's namespace, 'AM_', comes to mind: {AM_RELDIR}.
> 
I'm not sure about this; being namespace-clean even here sounds nice
in theory, but {AM_RELDIR} actually seems quite ugly to me, and less
clear than the simpler (albeit namespace-polluting) {{RELDIR}}.

But I'd like to read other opinions before making up my mind.
Anyone has further feedback?

Thanks,
  Stefano

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