From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:25:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] '%S' option for pretty printing to support --source
Message-ID: <20090306052558.GC3426@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <86d4c5e00903051141u61a131beg26b3df95bafd65d3@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 02:41:44PM -0500, Deskin Miller wrote:

> >  - gracefully block concurrent use of conflicting features
> 
> I agree that any blocking should be graceful, but ultimately I find
> the idea of disallowing features because they happen to use the same
> underlying implementation distasteful.  With a little work we should
> be able to allow both with no problem.

Yes, I would prefer to avoid blocking if at all possible. But I included
it as a last resort until things can be fixed correctly. IOW, by
"graceful" I just meant "die with an error instead of segfaulting".
Which would still arguably be a bug, but at least would clue the user in
to what is happening.

Anyway, happy moving and I'll look forward to seeing your patch when it
is ready. :)

-Peff