Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Am 04.08.2012 00:09, schrieb Michał Kiedrowicz:
> > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> I do not have strong
> >> opinion on calling this test_seq when it acts differently from seq;
> >> it is not confusing enough to make me push something longer that is
> >> different from "seq", e.g. test_sequence.
> >
> > I prefer "test_seq" because it reminds seq which helps learning how to
> > use it. If some other seq feature is ever needed (e.g. increment value,
> > decrementing), it may be added at any time (but I don't think so, there
> > are only few usages after years of test suite existence).
>
> And the reason for this is that we always told people "don't use seq"
> and they submitted an updated patch. What would we have to do now? We
> have to tell them "don't use seq, use test_seq". Therefore, the patch
> does not accomplish anything useful, IMO.
>
> The function should really just be named 'seq'.
My reasoning was that there is already test_cmp, so let's make test_seq,
but I agree with you that it doesn't solve the issue completely. So my 2
cents is that it would be best to stay with not allowing seq in the test
suite.
>
> Or how about this strategy:
>
> seq () {
> unset -f seq
> if ! seq 1 2 >/dev/null 2>&1
> then
> # don't have a working seq; provide it as a function
> seq () {
> insert your definition here
> }
> fi
> seq "$@"
> }
>
> but it is not my favorite.
>
> -- Hannes
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