Re: func_arith and func_len

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sun, 20 Apr 2008, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Sorry, but: first, there is no floating point in either Libtool, nor
> Posix shell semantics.  Second, if you can prove to me (by posting
> timing comparisons) that conversion from integer to string or vice
> versa, has *any* performance impact whatsoever on Libtool, I'll gladly
> send lots of beer your way.  I mean hey, we still fork quite a bit, and

While for our purposes it is indeed unlikely that we can measure the 
difference, it seems that the code should use the most "correct" 
implementation if using it requires minimal effort.  If all shells 
supporting this math syntax also support the native math types (which 
they likely do since this syntax comes from old ksh), then is there a 
reason why we would not prefer the "native" syntax for math if we are 
doing math?  Is there a ripple effect?

Bob
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