[Distutils] Buildout: Funky syntax for Extending sections (macros)

[Jim Fulton]

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Suresh V. <suresh_vv at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Why does buildout use the "<=" syntax for this? Wouldn't it be nicer to just
> overload "extends"?

Someone might already have been using this name. In fact, I knew of
some recipes that did.

I chose that syntax because it conveyed flow of information from the
named section, as in:

  [bar]
  <= foo

which can be read as "bar gets data from foo".  <shrug>

Jim

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Jim Fulton