From: merlyn@stonehenge•com (Randal L. Schwartz)
To: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail•com>
Cc: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail•com>,
Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante•net>,
git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/5] Patches to avoid reporting conversion changes.
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:58:43 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86zl118z4s.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <g2xfabb9a1e1004171547we6a74176v4a697ded96e9f115@mail.gmail.com> (Sverre Rabbelier's message of "Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:47:34 +0200")
>>>>> "Sverre" == Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail•com> writes:
>> We use idiomatic Perl, e.g.
Sverre> Ah, I thought that the discussion was about whether the "$_" syntax
Sverre> was idiomatic or not. It got the impression that the "$ARG etc. is a
Sverre> failed experiment" was Randal's personal opinion, but if that's how
Sverre> the perl community has decided that things should be done than that's
Sverre> of course how we should do it :).
Yes. Within the Perl community, $_ is idiomatic.
"use English" is discouraged. It was an interesting experiment, but it
failed.
Please stop making me repeat myself.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-17 22:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-16 16:09 [PATCH RFC 0/5] Patches to avoid reporting conversion changes Henrik Grubbström (Grubba)
2010-04-16 16:09 ` [PATCH RFC 1/5] sha1_file: Added index_blob() Henrik Grubbström (Grubba)
2010-04-16 16:09 ` [PATCH RFC 2/5] cache: Added ce_norm_sha1() and related cache_entry fields Henrik Grubbström (Grubba)
2010-04-16 16:10 ` [PATCH RFC 3/5] cache: Added index extension "NORM" Henrik Grubbström (Grubba)
2010-04-16 16:10 ` [PATCH RFC 4/5] reachable: Made the gc aware of the ce_norm_sha1 Henrik Grubbström (Grubba)
2010-04-16 16:10 ` [PATCH RFC 5/5] cache: Use ce_norm_sha1() Henrik Grubbström (Grubba)
2010-04-20 7:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-04-20 15:39 ` Henrik Grubbström
2010-04-20 19:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2010-04-25 11:25 ` Henrik Grubbström
2010-04-16 18:02 ` [PATCH RFC 0/5] Patches to avoid reporting conversion changes Jari Aalto
2010-04-16 18:06 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2010-04-17 19:32 ` Jari Aalto
2010-04-17 19:34 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2010-04-17 22:07 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-04-17 22:32 ` Jakub Narebski
2010-04-17 22:47 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2010-04-17 22:58 ` Randal L. Schwartz [this message]
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