Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 23:51:43 -0700 From: Chris Piazza <cpiazza@home.net> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: jkoshy@FreeBSD.org, 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: <19990826235143.A37231@norn.ca.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <37C63262.42098D0D@gorean.org> References: <199908270548.WAA34683@freefall.freebsd.org> <37C63262.42098D0D@gorean.org>
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On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 11:38:26PM -0700, Doug wrote:
> 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. :)
If you actually look at the patch, the flag didn't "just go away",
it actually just does nothing any more as the desired result of that
flag is default.
-Chris
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