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Re: [Automake-NG] [FYI] [ng] subdirs: merge $(RECURSIVE_CLEAN_TARGETS) i
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Russ Allbery |
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Re: [Automake-NG] [FYI] [ng] subdirs: merge $(RECURSIVE_CLEAN_TARGETS) into $(RECURSIVE_TARGETS) |
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Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:58:22 -0700 |
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Bob Friesenhahn <address@hidden> writes:
> On Fri, 31 Aug 2012, Akim Demaille wrote:
>>> + distclean-recursive \
>>> + maintainer-clean-recursive
>> When the order does not matter, you should sort alphabetically IMHO.
> Doesn't sort cost CPU and time? Why sort if you don't have to?
You get reproducible results, which reduces the number of Heisenbugs that
you have to deal with. I routinely sort things in code for that same
reason. Sorting is generally quite fast.
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Russ Allbery (address@hidden) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>