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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: grokking arch
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Robert Anderson |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: grokking arch |
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Thu, 25 Mar 2004 19:32:02 -0500 |
--- Original Message ---
From: Charles Duffy <address@hidden>
To: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>
CC: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: grokking arch
>On Thu, 2004-03-25 at 17:12, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> > I can understand that... recently in a major API change in
Pika I did
>> > a global s/cports/ports/ and unfortunately a few files had
cports in
>> > the tagline and with all the modified files I missed the D
and A lines
>> > in tla changes. However, the next patch I changed them back
which
>>
>> I wish there was some clever way to handle such situations better.
>
>Such as using UUIDs for taglines?
>
>This whole problem is entirely artificial.
Umm... huh? You seem to be implying that a UUID is immune to
this kind of mistake.
What is so special about a UUID that it is impossible to
search/replace one of its substrings by accident?
The number "73" for example, exists in no less than 85 of my
UUID's in one my trees.
Bob
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