[opam-devel] glob patterns and variables in opam files

[Louis Gesbert]

> I'm afraid you're stuck with 'foo:name' at the moment, but I agree it's not
> > ideal.
> >
> > Ideas to improve on these welcome!
> >
> 
> We basically need a "this" variable, which is what %{name}% is. Maybe
> interpolating nested variables would work, so we could really do
> %{%{name}%:lib}%.

I'd rather not allow them, because there is value in being able to statically check e.g. what other packages a package is referring to ; and the large amount of added expressiveness isn't really needed for this simple case. Would e.g. %{-:lib}% be clear enough ?

Best,
Louis
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