Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 21:33:17 -0800 From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: W Gerald Hicks <jhix@mindspring.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: empty lists in for Message-ID: <38C3431D.DDA29E2@gorean.org> References: <38C2B805.EA899C32@gorean.org> <20000305204115E.jhix@mindspring.com> <38C33A03.A55DEFAF@gorean.org> <20000305212148X.jhix@mindspring.com>
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W Gerald Hicks wrote:
> To me, changing it right now on the eve of -release
> would be gratuitous. Later I would be fine with it.
>
> I still prefer /bin/sh being able to handle an empty
> literal list but would yield to the desires of others.
I think you misunderstand me. I'm not suggesting any changes, unless
the fact that our /bin/sh DOES handle the non-existent list case breaks
something. My feeling in general is that the more POSIX compliant we are
the better, but I don't really know what the standard says about this.
Doug
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