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Cc: Thomas Gellekum <tg@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG,
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/bin/sh miscbltin.c sh.1
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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


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