Re: [Help-bash] append to $@ one by one

[Peng Yu]

Again, you are exaggerating my point. I never said every feature that I
thought about should be implemented. Neither it should be every feature
that I think of should be dismissed. For this one, the rationale is that
all arrays should support the same operations. If such uniformity can not
be supported due to practical software engineering constraints, the reasons
must be analyzed and backed by data instead of being dismissed bluntly.

On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 3:02 PM Eduardo Bustamante <address@hidden>
wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 7:55 AM Peng Yu <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > I think you guys are exaggerating to the extent that lose the essence of
> my
> > original question.
> >
> > $@ is just an array. Given a regular array can support +=, why not let $@
> > also support the append operation?
>
> Peng: You do understand what would happen if we were to add _every
> possible feature_ you can come up with to Bash, right? There are costs
> (complexity, maintenance, testing) associated with every new feature.
> Do you think this *MICRO*-optimization is worth all that effort? and
> if so, WHY?
>
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Regards,
Peng