Re: bug#10418: [PATCH] {master} tap/perl: handle missing or non-executable scripts better

[Jim Meyering]

Stefano Lattarini wrote:

> Hi Jim, thanks for the quick review.
...
>>> +    $@ = "";
>>> +    eval { open3(*STDIN, *STDOUT, *STDERR, "am--no-such-command") };
>>> +    $@ =~ m/\bopen3:.*am--no-such-command/
>>> +      or die "Bad \$@ value: \"address@hidden"\n";
>>> +  '; then
>>> +    : # OK. IPC::Open3 should be good enough.
>>> +  else
>>> +    for s in '"missing plan" message' 'results'; do
>>> +      skip_ -r "IPC::Open3 not good enough" "no spurious $s"
>>> +    done
>>
>> Perhaps it's just your preferred style, but the quotes around 'results'
>> are unnecessary, so I would remove them.
>>
> I'd rather leave them, for consistency with the other item
> ('"missing plan" message').  Hope that's OK with you.

consistency?  They are required on the first term to quote the '"'s.
There is no need for them in the latter.

Of course, you're welcome to keep them in any case.