From: Robert Schiele Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:21:27 GMT Subject: Re: Shell script cleanups/style changes? Message-ID: <20070802232126.GU29424@schiele.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <7vwswdsfjp.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 04:05:46PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > However, there is a line we need to draw when bending bacwards > for compatibility, and I think a system that does not have a > working command substitution $( ... ) is on the other side of > that line. Well, I have now a patch ready for submission that would replace all occurences of ${PARAMETER#WORD}, ${PARAMETER%WORD}, and $(( EXPRESSION )). But if you say that you won't accept replacement of $( ... ) then this is not worth the effort since this one isn't accepted as well. Robert -- Robert Schiele Dipl.-Wirtsch.informatiker mailto:rschiele@gmail.com "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur."