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Re: [PATCH] Supplant the "while case ... break ;; esac" idiom

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Sep 25, 2007, 10:46 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:
>
>   
>> As a completely irrelevant side note: the autoconf documentation
>> mentions that "false" is more portable than "true" since calling it
>> returns a non-zero exit status even when it is not installed or
>> built-in.
>>     
>
> Ah, I like that ;-)  It is obvious when you think about it, and
> it is so true but in a very twisted way...
>
>   
You mean, it is not false but in a twisted way, don't you?
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  1. Allow shell scripts to run with non-Bash /bin/shEygene Ryabinkin, Sep 21, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2007
  3. David KastrupSep 22, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2007
  6. David KastrupSep 22, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2007
  8. Eygene RyabinkinSep 22, 2007
  9. David KastrupSep 22, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2007
  11. Vineet KumarSep 22, 2007
  12. David KastrupSep 22, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2007
  14. Adam FlottSep 22, 2007
  15. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2007
  16. Eygene RyabinkinSep 23, 2007
  17. David KastrupSep 23, 2007
  18. Junio C HamanoSep 23, 2007
  19. David KastrupSep 23, 2007
  20. Supplant the "while case ... break ;; esac" idiomDavid Kastrup, Sep 23, 2007
  21. Junio C HamanoSep 23, 2007
  22. David KastrupSep 24, 2007
  23. David KastrupSep 24, 2007
  24. Junio C HamanoSep 24, 2007
  25. David KastrupSep 25, 2007
  26. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2007
  27. Johannes SchindelinSep 25, 2007
  28. Avi KivitySep 25, 2007
  29. Mike HommeySep 24, 2007
  30. David KastrupSep 24, 2007
  31. David SymondsSep 24, 2007
  32. David KastrupSep 24, 2007
  33. Pierre HabouzitSep 24, 2007
  34. Pierre HabouzitSep 24, 2007
  35. Johannes SchindelinSep 24, 2007
  36. Miles BaderSep 24, 2007
  37. Eygene RyabinkinSep 24, 2007
  38. Miles BaderSep 24, 2007
  39. David KastrupSep 24, 2007
  40. Johannes SchindelinSep 24, 2007
  41. David KastrupSep 24, 2007
  42. Miles BaderSep 24, 2007
  43. Junio C HamanoSep 24, 2007
  44. David KastrupSep 24, 2007
  45. David KastrupSep 24, 2007

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