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Re: [PATCH v2] test_cmp: diagnose incorrect arguments

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Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>
Date
Aug 12, 2020, 16:39 UTC
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On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 12:15 PM Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 11:37 AM Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> > I don't think this is an error. The program can tell which you meant by
> > the number of arguments. POSIX lays out some rules here (from "man
> > 1posix test" on my system, but I'm sure you can find it online):
>
> I intentionally didn't focus on or mention POSIX in my response
> because I wanted to represent the Real World reason why "x$var" is
> such a common idiom. [...]

I probably should have done a better job in my original response to Taylor to make it clear that I was talking about Real World (even if old) rather than POSIX.

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  1. test_cmp: diagnose incorrect argumentsEric Sunshine, Aug 9, 2020
  2. Shourya ShuklaAug 9, 2020
  3. Eric SunshineAug 9, 2020
  4. test_cmp: diagnose incorrect argumentsEric Sunshine, Aug 9, 2020
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 9, 2020
  6. Eric SunshineAug 9, 2020
  7. Junio C HamanoAug 10, 2020
  8. Taylor BlauAug 11, 2020
  9. Eric SunshineAug 11, 2020
  10. Taylor BlauAug 11, 2020
  11. Jeff KingAug 12, 2020
  12. Eric SunshineAug 12, 2020
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  14. Jeff KingAug 12, 2020
  15. Jeff KingOct 16, 2020
  16. Eric SunshineOct 16, 2020
  17. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2020
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  19. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2020
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