dev port or subport?

[Lawrence Velázquez]

On Sep 25, 2014, at 3:46 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> wrote:

> I was once chastised for writing "subport foo" when the port's name is "foo". Instead, what we usually write is:
> 
> if {${name} eq ${subport}} {

I've always considered this form to be ugly and obtuse. Is this functionally different? Or "correct" in a way that `subport foo` isn't?

vq