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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
To: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o, "Hans de Graaff (graaff)" <graaff@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in eclass: xemacs-elisp-common.eclass xemacs-elisp.eclass
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:40:46
Message-Id: 20070915212954.GI14418@supernova
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-commits] gentoo-x86 commit in eclass: xemacs-elisp-common.eclass xemacs-elisp.eclass by Mike Frysinger
1 On 16:52 Sat 15 Sep , Mike Frysinger wrote:
2 > On Saturday 15 September 2007, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
3 > > On 05:56 Sat 15 Sep , Mike Frysinger wrote:
4 > > > On Saturday 15 September 2007, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
5 > > > > Also, try using { } around a block of code instead of ( ), which
6 > > > > creates a subshell.
7 > > >
8 > > > erm, what ? () is a subshell, {} is a list of grouped commands ...
9 > >
10 > > Right, that's what I said. What's the point of using a subshell here?
11 > > That comment about environment pollution didn't make sense to me.
12 >
13 > the "into" part pollutes the environment
14 > -mike
15
16 One insinto definitely doesn't qualify as pollution to me. Mild
17 littering, perhaps. But with a subshell, it's only a matter of time
18 before something weird happens, like trying to put a die() in there.
19
20 Thanks,
21 Donnie
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