Re: Success (mostly) with the testsuite

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Oct 27, 2000, Akim Demaille <address@hidden> wrote:

> ----------------------------------------
> default="a b c"
> : ${list1=$default}
> : ${list2="$default"}

> echo "$list1" | cat -v
> echo "$list2" | cat -v
> ----------------------------------------

> gives two different results?

Nope, I get the same output for both lines.  Why would it be
different?

> How do these guy behave?

> ----------------------------------------
> default="a b c"
> : list1=${list1-$default}
> : list2=${list2-"$default"}

> echo "$list1" | cat -v
> echo "$list2" | cat -v
> ----------------------------------------

This won't even set list1 and list2, since `:' == `true' will be run
with `list[12]=...', which is not what you want.  Removing `:', I get
the expected output.

> default="a b c"
> : list1=${list1=$default}
> : list2=${list2="$default"}

> echo "$list1" | cat -v
> echo "$list2" | cat -v

This works on Ultrix both with and without `:'.

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