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Re: handling of test == by BASH's POSIX mode
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Eric Blake |
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Re: handling of test == by BASH's POSIX mode |
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Mon, 28 May 2012 09:08:16 -0600 |
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On 05/27/2012 07:09 AM, Jon Seymour wrote:
> I understand that the behaviour is unspecitied by POSIX - I didn't
> know that before, but I know that now - thanks.
>
> That said, from the point of view of promoting interoperable scripts,
> my view is that it (in an ideal world**) would be better if bash chose
> to fail, while executing in POSIX mode, in this case.
Sounds like you want debian's 'posh', which is even stricter than
'dash', and excellent for pointing out use of extensions by failing
loudly at any encountered extension, including == under test.
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- handling of test == by BASH's POSIX mode, Jon Seymour, 2012/05/27
- Re: handling of test == by BASH's POSIX mode, Geir Hauge, 2012/05/27
- Re: handling of test == by BASH's POSIX mode, Jon Seymour, 2012/05/27
- Re: handling of test == by BASH's POSIX mode, Andreas Schwab, 2012/05/27
- Re: handling of test == by BASH's POSIX mode, Jon Seymour, 2012/05/27
- Re: handling of test == by BASH's POSIX mode, Jon Seymour, 2012/05/27
- Re: handling of test == by BASH's POSIX mode, Dan Douglas, 2012/05/27
- Re: handling of test == by BASH's POSIX mode, Jon Seymour, 2012/05/27
- Re: handling of test == by BASH's POSIX mode,
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- Re: handling of test == by BASH's POSIX mode, Jon Seymour, 2012/05/28
Re: handling of test == by BASH's POSIX mode, Eric Blake, 2012/05/28