Re: wc command

[Eric Blake]

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According to Jim Meyering on 12/22/2008 10:57 AM:
>>> It would be possible to add a conditional check, where if POSIXLY_CORRECT
>>> is not defined in the environment and a filter app is started with a tty
>>> as stdin and stderr (ie. the same criteria for what POSIX requires bash to
>>> use for whether a shell is interactive), then we issue a warning to
>>> stderr.  Normally, we don't like adding additional uses of
>>> POSIXLY_CORRECT, but this particular idea may help stave off confusion.

>> I'm 40:60 for this proposal.
> 
> I too would prefer not to introduce
> such new tests of POSIXLY_CORRECT.

And even though I proposed the idea, I'm not that much of a fan of it
myself; I guess that means we won't be changing anything.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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