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Re: [PATCH 2/5] docs: mention cost of globbing during variable expansion


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] docs: mention cost of globbing during variable expansion
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:32:47 -0600
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On 08/25/2010 05:18 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
-Be sure to quote:
+When using @address@hidden@address@hidden@}} to assign a default value
+to @var{var}, remember that even though the assignment to @var{var} does
+not undergo file name expansion, the result of the variable expansion
+does.  In particular, when using @command{:} followed by unquoted
+variable expansion for the side effect of setting a default value, if
+either @samp{value} or the prior contents of @samp{$var} contains

Hmm, that should probably be @var{value}. But I ran out of time for today to fix it right away.

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