[darcs-users] -p behaves inconsistently

[Alan Bram]

> I doubt it, in general.  The canonical example is the one given in the
> Darcs manual (IIRC) where two patches each add one element to an enum
> in a way that doesn't conflict, and then add
> 
> + #define ENUM_ELEMENT_COUNT 11
> 
> (why they both decided to introduce the count at the same time, I
> don't know---some kind of command from the benevolent dictator, I
> suppose).

No, no.  They're not adding a new element count, they're updating an
*existing* symbol.

,---
| If you think this is wrong, think about two different patches each
| adding a new keyword and also changing the line ``#define
| NUM_OF_KEYWORDS 17'' to ``#define NUM_OF_KEYWORDS 18''.
`---



Cheers,
 - arb