> From: Greg Hudson [mailto:ghudson@MIT.EDU]
> Sent: 21 January 2002 21:14
> To: Sander Striker
> Cc: dev@subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: RE: problem with xml tests
>
>
> On Mon, 2002-01-21 at 15:04, Sander Striker wrote:
> > > if test "$foo" = "bar"; then
> > >
> > >
> > > The [ ] implies test, but it seems like I heard that some shells don't
> > > understand the brackets. Dunno that you need to worry about that; we've got
> > > a number of other problems if that is the case... :-)
> >
> > In that case, consider us having problems and file an issue.
> > We need to use 'test' for portability, since that is known to
> > always work.
>
> Whoa, there. I have never run into a platform where [] fails and "test"
> works. Since [] is much more readable, we shouldn't change all the
> instances of [] to "test" unless someone can come up with a concrete
> reason. Good portability practice is not about jumping at shadows.
I agree with you on that one. I'll dig in my long term memory and
try to remember where this was seen. Probably an obscure platform/shell.
It's low priority anyway, since noone raised the red flag at [ ] in
subversion yet.
Sander
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