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Inconsistent use of test in manual
From: |
Reuben Thomas |
Subject: |
Inconsistent use of test in manual |
Date: |
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:23:54 +0000 (GMT) |
User-agent: |
Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) |
Looking through the manual, I see three types of use of test with =/!=:
1. if test $fstype = no
In this particular case, $fstype is guaranteed to be defined, but isn't it
better always to write
if test "$fstype" = no
as then one doesn't have to check?
2. if test "$package_foo_enabled" = "yes"
I like this!
3. if test "x$with_readline" != xno
Why not write:
if test "$with_readline" != no
?
It would be nice if this could be made consistent.
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