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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc
From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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 * I personally prefer my variable expansions to be *always* bracketed,
 * whether they need it lexically or not, simply because it causes the
 * variable names to stand out better in the text.
 * 
 * 					Jordan
 * 
 * >  * the test is actually "X${foo}" != X"NO".  The braces mainly waste space.
 * >                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 * > This is quite inconsistent itself, shouldn't it be
 * > 
 * > X"$foo" != X"NO"
 * > 
 * > or
 * > 
 * > "X$foo" != "XNO"

My comment wasn't on curly braces.  Please look at the quotes
carefully.

Actually, as Bruce says, not quoting the XNO at all is probably the
best idea.

Satoshi