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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
To: "David A. Wheeler" <dwheeler@dwheeler.com>
Cc: dash@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow == as synonym for = in test
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 17:48:52 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110306234845.GC18385@elie> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1PwMwp-0001iy-B5@fenris.runbox.com>

Hi David,

David A. Wheeler wrote:

> This isn't required by POSIX, but "test" in dash already supports
> tests not in POSIX.  I think it'd be useful to add one that's
> already in common use.

Thanks for writing this.

Generally speaking, dash tends to support features that ash and older
versions of dash supported (to avoid breaking backward compatibility)
and features accepted for POSIX.  Has the Austin Group made a decision
on whether this syntax is going to be supported?  I'd be happier about
it once the Austin Group has accepted it[1].

But it's nice to see the patch is simple.

Just my two cents,
Jonathan

[1] http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=375

  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-06 23:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-06 23:01 [PATCH] Allow == as synonym for = in test David A. Wheeler
2011-03-06 23:48 ` Jonathan Nieder [this message]
2011-03-07  1:12   ` David A. Wheeler
2011-03-07 10:34     ` Guido Berhoerster
2011-03-07 14:55       ` David A. Wheeler
2011-03-07 17:18         ` Guido Berhoerster
2011-03-07 17:37           ` Dan Muresan
2011-03-07 22:00         ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-03-07 23:03           ` David A. Wheeler
2011-03-08  0:05             ` Guido Berhoerster
2011-03-08  0:03               ` Eric Blake
2011-03-08  7:17               ` Dan Muresan
2011-03-08 15:27                 ` Paul Smith
2011-03-08 15:53                   ` Dan Muresan
2011-03-08 18:13                 ` Guido Berhoerster
2011-03-08 18:43                   ` Dan Muresan

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