Henk Langeveld wrote:
> Janis Papanagnou wrote:
> > Works for me if I omit the '_.' in front of the starttime/stoptime variables
> > (and use "${sw.diff}").
>
> I was wondering about the '_.' prefix. The '_' alone is a ksh special
> variable...
> Is it safe to use this as a compound variable in this case?
The variable name "_" is used within the ksh93 type system to reference
the "current object", e.g. it's similar to C++'s |this| variable...
... the use of "_" is mandatory since otherwise a global variable will
be accessed instead.
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Bye,
Roland
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