From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Elia Pinto Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] one ugly test to verify basic functionality Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 14:38:14 +0100 Message-ID: References: <1454662677-15137-1-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com> <1454662677-15137-9-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: =?UTF-8?B?Tmd1eeG7hW4gVGjDoWkgTmfhu41jIER1eQ==?= , "git@vger.kernel.org" To: Johannes Schindelin X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Feb 05 14:38:27 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aRgaf-0006zD-PS for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 14:38:26 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753729AbcBENiU (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Feb 2016 08:38:20 -0500 Received: from mail-vk0-f65.google.com ([209.85.213.65]:35550 "EHLO mail-vk0-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753622AbcBENiP (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Feb 2016 08:38:15 -0500 Received: by mail-vk0-f65.google.com with SMTP id e185so2506049vkb.2 for ; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 05:38:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=EHo91MUDfIg2M9Gh53LFo6+NLz3EEmSj6ZZYMNYG1Ew=; b=Vg80+hz9OWOBomQ2dgIyb/BApmEM4J1rNe7OJjTRc7Lc8ICvI/L7FhVYxMpWxc6Dn3 dq1LDnM2kcLVjt2xgxgiDJGsNda8ZRMpCH1r8LDQm/RIwi62Z3Pxuzb8Aw3V55cBsmAz Dv72Jj+qTL8Ens3h2FTdBqhRNiUVZrfqVkX7Gc6IfxZcEoSK6CtGVzWuMrxN/SgrDeO7 zZ716NSbBCkXZVSILgJmLJo67qIlSk51MgIQ5L3R3oSIibyjluFfnwWBaRwcn0dYcelB FHep20r0sCBfjdkmPWXXO/GkK5jgAQl24dFx38XgXUfsQ+OJNmU6Z4acobPYZ9PajmYn GBhg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=EHo91MUDfIg2M9Gh53LFo6+NLz3EEmSj6ZZYMNYG1Ew=; b=ELotmW8AtoWyT2/WsX2Bw4R/urFwoGZP+EbaKb1EwGhTpaAiEYhwqPeaJlbQ/+wMaU QAPvkc0JL1/JmF/BIf2lAiFbM5ivnzW9vAQ3LI8hGZEpDDrIcqTpPKmzAXOYt/Oh5A03 zYfUYJW9lgosud7IkQI0I1Ly4/LAMy79SNRQymWgPXpDM2n/nZWrMdyq15/8eF+VsY/Q 2QgtNHlGYuGeK/PW3LSCeop1gpN0pAvmOm8zzvB3Rs/TqZLidXw6XR9tjXRBg27Okn6R NnpzXa8kpyQmksxf+PHTP0TnC1QR+V+BrDjj77YQhnYrFVG0WVcIIbf5EnDjFrK80qjD C76Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOTzlifgJfPk7ZTQf5wcgIz3XQpJyqwahtTLq0Bj62OpekeKakJXwX7a5u3gGCwLylMwZutiohQBM5ggmA== X-Received: by 10.31.180.85 with SMTP id d82mr8432350vkf.83.1454679494961; Fri, 05 Feb 2016 05:38:14 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.31.56.10 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Feb 2016 05:38:14 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 2016-02-05 14:20 GMT+01:00 Johannes Schindelin : > Hi Elia, > > On Fri, 5 Feb 2016, Elia Pinto wrote: > >> From the git coding guideline : "We prefer $( ... ) for command >> substitution; unlike ``, it properly nests. It should have been the way >> Bourne spelled it from day one, but unfortunately isn't." > > There was only one time in my life as a developer when I had to change a > $(...) to a `...` construct. I do not really remember all the details, but > I think it was on MacOSX, and it was inside a case ... esac and the > closing parentheses was mistaken for a case arm (the $(...) construct > might have been multi-line, is the only thing that would make sense in my > mind. > > Did you hear of similar problems? I not personally. The autoconf manual does not seem to me (for that i can remember) to mention this possible incompatibility, for example. Best > > Ciao, > Dscho