On Sun, Sep 08, 2013 at 06:25:45PM -0500, Felipe Contreras wrote: > > And I do not think it is a problem. The point of the function is not to > > abstract away the idea of comparison. The point is to give a hook for > > people on systems without "diff -u" to run the test suite. > > The point according to whom? I say it's the other way around. The point according to 82ebb0b (add test_cmp function for test scripts, 2008-03-12). I wish I had simply called it test_diff back then, and then this conversation could have never occurred. > Either way the fact that others are doing it differently doesn't mean > that's the best way, that would be argumentum ad populum, and mothers > are keen to remind us that if other kids are jumping the bridge, that > doesn't mean we should too. Did I once say "my way of thinking about it is the best way"? No. I said "I think it is a matter of preference". I mentioned other systems using a particular ordering to show that the set of people who prefer it the other way is non-zero. Feel free to respond, but I have no interest in discussing this any further with you. This thread has become a giant time sink, and I have nothing else to say on the matter that I have not already said. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html