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Re: [Help-bash] eval and set -e
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Greg Wooledge |
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Re: [Help-bash] eval and set -e |
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Date: |
Tue, 16 May 2017 08:03:40 -0400 |
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On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:43:08PM -0500, Eduardo Bustamante wrote:
> Lets simplify.
Yup. Here's my simplification:
STOP USING set -e!
IT IS IRREPARABLY BROKEN.
IT DOES *NOT* GIVE YOU AUTOMATIC ERROR CHECKING.
BASH COMES FROM AN ERA AND CULTURE WHERE ERROR CHECKING HAD TO BE DONE
BY THE DEVELOPER AFTER EACH CALL.
set -e EXISTS IN CURRENT SHELLS ONLY FOR COMPATIBILTY WITH ANCIENT
SCRIPTS.
BASH IS NOT A MODERN HIGH-LEVEL SCRIPTING LANGUAGE.
I've tried everything. I don't know why people can't. get. the. god.
damned. message. I've tried writing wiki pages, posting on mailing
lists, responding in IRC, writing short stories....