From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Nieder Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow == as synonym for = in test Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 17:48:52 -0600 Message-ID: <20110306234845.GC18385@elie> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-gw0-f51.google.com ([74.125.83.51]:41591 "EHLO mail-gw0-f51.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752200Ab1CFXs7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:48:59 -0500 Received: by gwb15 with SMTP id 15so2214175gwb.10 for ; Sun, 06 Mar 2011 15:48:58 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: dash-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: dash@vger.kernel.org To: "David A. Wheeler" Cc: dash@vger.kernel.org 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