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From: Ryan Hill <dirtyepic@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-dev]  Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in sys-fs/udev: ChangeLog udev-115-r6.ebuild
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:19:34 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <fd9r7m$6p7$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pan.2007.09.24.23.51.54@cox.net>

Duncan wrote:
> Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@gentoo.org> posted
> 20070924200956.GS22279@supernova, excerpted below, on  Mon, 24 Sep 2007
> 13:09:57 -0700:
> 
>> For tests, pick a style
>> [[ ]] or [ ] and stick with it. The [[ ]] one is pretty nice because it
>> generally doesn't require quotes, so the code looks a lot cleaner.
> 
> Can you point me (and anyone else that may be interested) to a nice 
> explanation of the difference?  I've always wondered why [[ ]] is 
> considered "better" than [ ] for tests.

check out http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/testconstructs.html#DBLBRACKETS


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-09-25  2:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <E1IZu5i-00013W-Ix@stork.gentoo.org>
2007-09-24 20:09 ` [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in sys-fs/udev: ChangeLog udev-115-r6.ebuild Donnie Berkholz
2007-09-24 23:51   ` Duncan
2007-09-25  0:20     ` Mike Frysinger
2007-09-25  2:10     ` Lars Weiler
2007-09-25  2:19     ` Ryan Hill [this message]
2007-09-25  9:54       ` Duncan
2007-09-25  8:54   ` Matthias Schwarzott

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