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Re: [Help-bash] append to $@ one by one


From: Eduardo Bustamante
Subject: Re: [Help-bash] append to $@ one by one
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 13:02:14 -0700

On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 7:55 AM Peng Yu <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> I think you guys are exaggerating to the extent that lose the essence of my
> original question.
>
> $@ is just an array. Given a regular array can support +=, why not let $@
> also support the append operation?

Peng: You do understand what would happen if we were to add _every
possible feature_ you can come up with to Bash, right? There are costs
(complexity, maintenance, testing) associated with every new feature.
Do you think this *MICRO*-optimization is worth all that effort? and
if so, WHY?



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