On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 10:18 PM David Hunter <david.hunter.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 11/5/24 18:33, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > I previously suggested checking how the 'if' statement is handled. > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAK7LNAQ8D4OVT81iTVs8jjrBXX6Zgwc+VJ_vb7hb4J-vCZZN=g@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > I think I understand now what you were saying. I misunderstood what you > were saying because I thought that you were saying that the "if" blocks > were not implemented. > > To paraphrase, I believe that you are saying that the "choice" blocks > should have a similar style to the "if" blocks. > > I will take a look at the patch that you sent and figure out how it > would work. I would like some clarification on the information in the > choice blocks that are not "depends." Should those also have the same > style as the "if" block? > I am not sure if I understood your question correctly, but I guess you are referring to the similarity between the following two constructs: [1] choice prompt "choice" depends on X [ code block] endchoice [2] if X [code block] endif choice ... endchoice if ... endif are similar in the sense that they both define a code block. The if ... endif construct is always associated with a dependency. The choice ... endchoice construct can optionally have a 'depends on' statement. If it does, the dependency is applied to the entire code block within choice ... endchoice. > I am not sure if you saw this email: > https://lore.kernel.org/all/994efba2-2829-4874-b5fa-9f5317f6ea6b@xxxxxxxxx/ > > There are lots of information, specifically "prompts" and "defaults" > that are distributed to each of the config options in the "choice" blocks. - A choice entry cannot have a 'select' property. - A choice entry should always have 'prompt', otherwise the choice statement is non-sense. - A choice entry can optionally have 'default'. If 'default' is not explicitly specified, the first CONFIG option within the choice block is the default. - A choice entry can optionally have 'depends on'. > > > > BTW, 'menu' also can have 'depends on'. > > > > > > menu "menu" > > depends on FOO > > config A > > bool "A" > > config B > > bool "B" > > endmenu > > > > > > This is not implemented, either. > > > > I am not sure how much effort should be invested in this script, though. > > > > > I will look into distributing the "menu" information. -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
