From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IctFd-0003zR-DP for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:42:13 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with SMTP id l931WAKU029169; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 01:32:10 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l931UGHF026889 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 01:30:16 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A46C1654EA for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 01:30:14 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.036 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.036 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.074, BAYES_05=-1.11] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id icqAYAPRvhza for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 01:30:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16A8C6538F for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 01:30:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Ict3F-0004Rk-Jw for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:29:25 +0000 Received: from static24-72-113-196.yorkton.accesscomm.ca ([24.72.113.196]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:29:25 +0000 Received: from dirtyepic by static24-72-113-196.yorkton.accesscomm.ca with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:29:25 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Ryan Hill Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: sh versionator.eclass Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:29:18 -0600 Message-ID: References: <200710012259.40589.uberlord@gentoo.org> <1191334716.2189.21.camel@uberlaptop.development.ltl> <1191335103.2189.22.camel@uberlaptop.development.ltl> <200710021830.26584.george@gentoo.org> <1191343930.2189.28.camel@uberlaptop.development.ltl> <1191354262.22700.6.camel@uberpc.marples.name> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: static24-72-113-196.yorkton.accesscomm.ca User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070923) In-Reply-To: Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 4ee12f35-5905-4aca-a104-e2b3dcf1eb5a X-Archives-Hash: acf82995f8cfe96f05a2cfe0622de4ce Steve Long wrote: > IMO the real reason you have such an issue with quoting is the redundant > braces which are Gentoo house style; too many newbie scripters think that > cd ${S} is safe when it should be cd "${S}" or more simply cd "$S". I don't > buy the legibility argument since most people use syntax highlighting. It > just sets the parser up for a non-event (yes I am *that* fussy about > cycles.) My suspicion is that it came from echo "${RD}message$NO" Or because the unbraced case looks like ass. -- fonts / wxWindows / gcc-porting / treecleaners 9B81 6C9F E791 83BB 3AB3 5B2D E625 A073 8379 37E8 (0x837937E8) -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list