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From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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Subject: Re: Please review: rc file changes
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Doug wrote in list.freebsd-hackers:
 > [...]
 > 2. value ) instead of value) for case statements
 > [...]
 >  	case $? in
 > -	0)
 > +		0 )
 >  		;;
 > -	2)
 > +		2 )
 >  		exit 1
 >  		;;
 > -	4)
 > +		4 )
 >  		reboot
 >  		echo "reboot failed... help!"
 >  		exit 1
 >  		;;
 > [...]

Why?!?  I like the existing "case" style _much_ better,
it's more readable and emphasizes the structure.

Regards
   Oliver

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