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Re: access exported var


From: Lawrence Velázquez
Subject: Re: access exported var
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 20:02:01 -0500
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On Mon, Jan 16, 2023, at 7:12 PM, Peng Yu wrote:
> On 1/16/23, Lawrence Velázquez <vq@larryv.me> wrote:
>> Not everyone agrees with your priorities and opinion on what bash
>> is "for".  One could say (and I do) that brevity should not take
>> unqualified precedence over clarity and explicitness.
>
> But bash already favors brevity in many instances as a matter fact.

But not all instances, which is my point.

> Whatever you think it should be in terms of brevity and
> clarity/explicitness does not matter at this time.

Mind explaining why my opinion on this "does not matter" but yours
does?

>>> If you want verbosity, you can use java.
>
> My point is that bash is [not] for verbosity. Something as verbose as
> mandating ${x[0]} should not even be bothered to be raised.

This assertion is so comically dogmatic that it is difficult to
take it seriously.

-- 
vq



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