Re: [PATCH v5 4/4] pretty: test --expand-tabs

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Apr 5, 2016, 01:47 UTC
Message-ID: <20160405014703.GA29953@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cSTp6R0XNwNAU=QhKOTqB4=uSuPd_mnwfvy6wHs8X7FRg@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Apr 04, 2016 at 09:10:46PM -0400, Eric Sunshine wrote:

> > +       count=$1 ;# expected tabs
> 
> Why semicolon before the hash here and above?

I am in the habit of doing this, too. I have a vague recollection of getting bitten by a shell that treated:

  echo foo # bar

or something similar as not-a-comment. But neither bash, dash, nor ksh seem to. So I'm not sure if it was some other shell in my past, or if I simply have an irrational fear.

-Peff

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