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Re: regarding head/tail syntax
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: regarding head/tail syntax |
Date: |
Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:48:25 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
> address@hidden (Paul Jarc) wrote:
>> Given the significant number of complaints about this behavior, I
>> think it would make sense to reject -1, etc., only if $POSIXLY_CORRECT
>> is set.
...
> These changes are in a different class, so I think it's best to
> associate them with a different variable: $_POSIX2_VERSION.
I don't think the spelling of the variable matters, but I think the
default behavior when the variable is not set should be to accept the
traditional options.
paul
Re: regarding head/tail syntax, Paul Eggert, 2003/09/22