From: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
To: Paul Gilmartin <PaulGBoulder@aim.com>,
Harald van Dijk <harald@gigawatt.nl>,
dash@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] \e in "echo" and "printf" builtins
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 07:08:34 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53B16152.6040408@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3DBAFEEE-9555-483E-8260-7D5E9B47F9AD@aim.com>
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On 06/28/2014 11:33 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
>
> OTOH, there's a POSIX requirement that builtins be indistinguishable
> (except in performance) from the corresponding executables.
The POSIX requirement only applies to portable uses of the builtin - ie.
those that are prescribed by POSIX. Since POSIX does not require \e,
dash is not failing compliance, even if it differs from extensions
provided by corresponding executables. I do not think dash needs to
bloat for \e unless POSIX standardizes it first.
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-28 4:56 [PATCH] \e in "echo" and "printf" builtins Adam Borowski
2014-06-28 16:52 ` Harald van Dijk
2014-06-28 17:27 ` Adam Borowski
2014-07-23 9:11 ` Adam Borowski
2014-07-23 10:26 ` Jérémie Courrèges-Anglas
2014-06-28 17:33 ` Paul Gilmartin
2014-06-29 9:28 ` Harald van Dijk
2014-06-30 13:08 ` Eric Blake [this message]
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