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From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-05 10:26:47


From: "Vladimir Prus" <ghost_at_[hidden]>

> > I think the right thing is to just fold all that functionality into
> > "expand". I was just reluctant to re-write all those tests which do the
> > expansion without the defaults, because I think they're valuable for
the
> > purposes of checking that the implementation is working.
>
> I understand you.
>
> > Maybe you can help resolve this tension somehow...
>
> Can't we just rename current 'expand' to something else and current
> 'expand-with-default' to 'expand'. This way you won't have to rewrite any
> tests.

Perfect. A small issue only: the current "expand" should be a local rule,
but I guess you can explicitly import it into the test-space.

-Dave

 


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