Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 00:18:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please review: rc file changes Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908270012140.67160-100000@dt010nb9.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <19990827015429.C18715@holly.calldei.com>
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On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Chris Costello wrote: > On Thu, Aug 26, 1999, Doug wrote: > > > > 2. value ) instead of value) for case statements > > > > > > Why? What's wrong with `value)'? > > > > Nothing functionally, but I find case statements much easier to read with > > the extra whitespace. > > Would that not cause problems? Nope. As most things shell it (rightly) ignores the whitespace. Take a look at this little script to prove it to yourself: #!/bin/sh VAR=foo case $VAR in foo ) echo "I don't care about whitespace" ;; foo) echo "OOoops, guess I do" ;; esac VAR='foo ' case $VAR in foo ) echo "D'oh! I see the whitespace in the variable" ;; foo) echo "D'oh! I don't see the whitespace in the variable" ;; 'foo ' ) echo "I see what I am supposed to see" ;; esac Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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