Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:38:26 -0700 From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Thomas Gellekum <tg@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/sh miscbltin.c sh.1 Message-ID: <37C63262.42098D0D@gorean.org> References: <199908270548.WAA34683@freefall.freebsd.org>
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jkoshy@FreeBSD.ORG wrote: > > > tg 1999/08/26 01:16:28 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > bin/sh miscbltin.c sh.1 > > Log: > > Make the behaviour of `read -e', ie. treating backslashes as special, > > the default. Add -r option for the read builtin to reverse this. > > > > PR: 13274 > > Reviewed by: cpiazza, hoek, sheldonh > > Since the `-e' option has now gone away, it may be a good idea to issue a > HEADS-UP on -current. A better alternative may be to keep the `-e' option, > and have it clear ``rflag'', just so that people invoking `read -e' will > still see the expected behaviour. Yes, it's never a good idea for a flag to just "go away." That makes backward compatability much more difficult. :) Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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