Re: Incorrect alias expansion within command substitution

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/3/22 12:05 PM, L A Walsh wrote:

> >     There's no need for it, it just makes your script harder to
> >     follow.
> ---
>     I write scripts for myself.  aliases make scriptes easier to create
> modify and maintain.  You can type 'declare -i x=1', I prefer 'int x=1' I 
> find 'declare -xxyz' harder to write, read and parse than 'my', 'array' 'map'

This is, as you say, a personal preference for private scripts. You're free
to advocate for that style, but don't expect other people to see its
advantages.

> We aren't talking 100 aliases, but these:
> alias my='declare ' int='my -i ' array='my -a ' map='my -A '
>
> are used in nearly all my scripts.

OK. Does the number of aliases really matter?

> There is no way you can tell me that:
> declare var='v'
> declare -i ivar=1
>
> are more clear than:
>
> my var='v'
> int ivar=1

This is, again, a personal preference. The former has the advantage of
being documented.

--
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
                 ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates
Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU    chet@case.edu    http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/