Remove set operator support since the current implementation does not meet

user expectations, as mentioned in bug #253802, comment #5:

Package set operators currently operate on atoms, but what users really need
is for them to operate on the packages themselves. This will allow one set to
add or subtract packages from another even though the sets to not use the exact
same atoms to refer to the given packages.

I imagine the way this should be done is to create a mapping of atom -> package
for each set, perform the intersection using the packages, and then map the
package intersection back into a set of atoms.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=13787

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 43 deletions

diff --git a/pym/_emerge/main.py b/pym/_emerge/main.py
index 4b2c2320b..a2c48554b 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/main.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/main.py
@@ -658,11 +658,6 @@ def expand_set_arguments(myfiles, myaction, root_config):
 	ARG_START = "{"
 	ARG_END = "}"
 
-	# WARNING: all operators must be of equal length
-	IS_OPERATOR = "/@"
-	DIFF_OPERATOR = "-@"
-	UNION_OPERATOR = "+@"
-
 	for i in range(0, len(myfiles)):
 		if myfiles[i].startswith(SETPREFIX):
 			start = 0
@@ -727,44 +722,7 @@ def expand_set_arguments(myfiles, myaction, root_config):
 	unmerge_actions = ("unmerge", "prune", "clean", "depclean")
 
 	for a in myfiles:
-		if a.startswith(SETPREFIX):
-			# support simple set operations (intersection, difference and union)
-			# on the commandline. Expressions are evaluated strictly left-to-right
-			if IS_OPERATOR in a or DIFF_OPERATOR in a or UNION_OPERATOR in a:
-				expression = a[len(SETPREFIX):]
-				expr_sets = []
-				expr_ops = []
-				while IS_OPERATOR in expression or DIFF_OPERATOR in expression or UNION_OPERATOR in expression:
-					is_pos = expression.rfind(IS_OPERATOR)
-					diff_pos = expression.rfind(DIFF_OPERATOR)
-					union_pos = expression.rfind(UNION_OPERATOR)
-					op_pos = max(is_pos, diff_pos, union_pos)
-					s1 = expression[:op_pos]
-					s2 = expression[op_pos+len(IS_OPERATOR):]
-					op = expression[op_pos:op_pos+len(IS_OPERATOR)]
-					if not s2 in sets:
-						display_missing_pkg_set(root_config, s2)
-						return (None, 1)
-					expr_sets.insert(0, s2)
-					expr_ops.insert(0, op)
-					expression = s1
-				if not expression in sets:
-					display_missing_pkg_set(root_config, expression)
-					return (None, 1)
-				expr_sets.insert(0, expression)
-				result = set(setconfig.getSetAtoms(expression))
-				for i in range(0, len(expr_ops)):
-					s2 = setconfig.getSetAtoms(expr_sets[i+1])
-					if expr_ops[i] == IS_OPERATOR:
-						result.intersection_update(s2)
-					elif expr_ops[i] == DIFF_OPERATOR:
-						result.difference_update(s2)
-					elif expr_ops[i] == UNION_OPERATOR:
-						result.update(s2)
-					else:
-						raise NotImplementedError("unknown set operator %s" % expr_ops[i])
-				newargs.extend(result)
-			else:			
+		if a.startswith(SETPREFIX):		
 				s = a[len(SETPREFIX):]
 				if s not in sets:
 					display_missing_pkg_set(root_config, s)