Re: [Help-bash] Awkward behavior of empty arrays

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Thu, 7 Sep 2017, Andy Chu wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 5:44 AM, Greg Wooledge <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 02:32:12PM +0200, Cristian Zoicas wrote:
> > > Could you explain why -u is horrible? Does it have some drawback?
> >
> > http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/112
> >
> > At least it's not set -e.  set -e has no possible justification at
> > all.  set -u is merely... quirky.
>
> I agree that both are quirky, but even with quirks they're still useful,
> and I use them exclusively.  "no possible justification" is hyperbole --
> plenty of people use them.
>
> I believe MOST serious shell users use set -e.

I have never used either 'set -e' or 'set -u'.

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