Re: [PATCH] kconfig: error out for recursive range

> Currently, it is possible to create recursive ranges with Kconfig, such as:
> 
> config C
>   int "Enable C"
>   default 1
>   range A B
> 
> config A
>   int "Enable A"
>   default 2
>   range B C
> 
> config B
>   int "Enable B"
>   default 3
>   range A C
> 
> The current outcome of this example above, is that all 3 options are set to 2.
> There is currently no warning or error if a user attempts this.
> 
> Several attributes are already checked for recursion, including 'depends on',
> 'select', and 'imply', and we can extend this to 'range' for numeric options
> (int and hex types).
> 
> Recursive ranges are currently not used anywhere in the tree, so it is already
> safe to make this a hard error.

Thanks, this seems reasonable to me. The test passes in my environment
so it must be perfect, right? ;) I plan to pick this up for 7.4 once
7.3-rc1 is out.

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Cheers,
Nathan