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Re: `printf -v foo ""` does not set foo=
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Andreas Schwab |
Subject: |
Re: `printf -v foo ""` does not set foo= |
Date: |
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:29:17 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) |
Linda Walsh <bash@tlinx.org> writes:
> I have a feeling this would be hard to fix, since how can printf
> tell the difference between
> printf -v foo ""
> and
> printf -v foo
> ??
The latter has $# -eq 2.
Andreas.
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