Re: [RFC/PATCH 04/11] ref-filter: add 'ifexists' atom
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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
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- Jul 29, 2015, 21:21 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes: > >>> Couldn't think of a better replacer, any suggestions would be welcome :) >> >> See below. >> ... >> One way to do all of the above is ... > > Note that is just "one way", not the only or not necessarily the > best. It certainly is not the easiest, I think. > > %(if:atom)...%(endif) > > might be easier to implement.
And I find it easier to read or write too. Nested parenthesis in a format string make them really tricky. That removes the need for escaping since the content of the if/endif is a format string like the others, it can use the same escaping rules (IIRC, %% to escape a %).
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