Should parrot_config report separate inst_ and build variables?

Patrick R. Michaud pmichaud at pobox.com
Thu Apr 30 20:09:39 UTC 2009


On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:27:01PM -0400, Will Coleda wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Andy Dougherty <doughera at lafayette.edu> wrote:
> > Is that the desired behavior?  Or, perhaps, should the installed version
> > of parrot_config *know* that it's the installed version and simply report
> > the inst_ version of variables?
> 
> IMO, all the config keys should NOT have an install vs. a build
> variant. This way a language can just call "parrot_config", and be
> sure they're getting the right values. 

+2

Pm


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