On 2010-11-18 20:31 +0100, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
> I have a first, very rough draft of the patch (see attachement); it is
> nowhere complete, but I'd like to ear from you anyway for early criticism,
> suggestions, and maybe contributions ;-)
[...]
> +...@vindex @code{AM_V_GEN}
> +...@c FIXME: wouldn't $(AM_V_SILENT) be clearer?  Should we deprecate
> +...@c $(AM_V_at)?  It should be kept for backward-compatibility, of
> +...@c course.

AM_V_GEN is a long enough name as it is; AM_V_SILENT would be even worse
in this regard.

AM_V_at is very useful for targets which have multiple commands.  It's
not that interesting to see "GEN foo.bar" five times in a row.

-- 
Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)

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