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On 03/09/12 12:11, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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>>>>>> On Fri, 09 Mar 2012, Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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>>> What if bash starts to parse the script completely and barfs at |
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>>> 'syntax error' before it starts executing stuff? |
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>> It doesn't parse the script completely, it executes line-by-line, so |
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>> we can bail out early. |
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> How can you tell that this behaviour won't be changed in a future bash |
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> version? |
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Who's to say that in the future my computer won't be made out of |
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delicious ice cream, eliminating the need for EAPIs entirely? |
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Chances are, this would break thousands of scripts, so we hope they |
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wouldn't do it. If it does happen, we either deal with it then, or don't |
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upgrade to that version of bash -- the same as we would do with any |
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other massive breaking change. |
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At any rate, I'm now convinced that we all want GLEP 55, but with a |
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different name. |
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