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Re: Proposed patch: Unroll installation loops
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Jan Nieuwenhuizen |
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Re: Proposed patch: Unroll installation loops |
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Wed, 01 Sep 2004 11:34:21 +0200 |
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Matthias Neeracher writes:
> bash, although at the time I did this patch, it might have been zsh
I'm sure. It is a bug for any GNU software to impose arbitrary limits.
> If I may ask conversely, what is there to be gained from using
> $(foreach) ? It seems that the output produced by for is a little
> bit more compact and readable, and the results are identical.
The patch is fine; until we all run GNU it's impractical to ignore
other broken softwares, if they can be so easily supported...
Jan.
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