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From: Robert Watson <robert.oo.watson@gmail.com>
Subject: uncommon shell code
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Hi,

I found the following shell code in git-tag.sh (and others):

while case "$#" in 0) break ;; esac
do
  ...
done

Why not use the straight forward code:

while test "$#" -ne 0
do
   ...
done

Are there any functional difference between them?

Robertoo