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Date:      Mon, 7 Dec 2015 12:20:44 -0800
From:      NGie Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
To:        Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org>,  "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>,  "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>,  "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r291929 - head/tools/tools/nanobsd
Message-ID:  <CAGHfRMC_myROQdeeE6b8R5=9F3Ae%2B_o_t9WZ3suZGYZgX4OYPQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1449515859.1358.11.camel@freebsd.org>
References:  <201512071024.tB7AOcjr094296@repo.freebsd.org> <1449512013.1358.6.camel@freebsd.org> <5FA6DD6B-C70B-4E5A-BD04-5897B02E5FC8@gmail.com> <1449515859.1358.11.camel@freebsd.org>

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On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote:
...
> Arrrgggghhhh!  No no no no, a thousand times NO.
>
> There is NO EXCUSE for that ugly unnecessary xfoo stuff.  Quoting
> properly supplies all the bulletproofing needed for string comparisons.

The xfoo stuff protected against...

foo="-lt this variable starts with something that you don't expect" #
*wink* *nudge*"

... but as emaste@ said, this is for shells that are not really
relevant anymore (SunOS :)?).

Thanks,
-NGie



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