Bob, 'set -e' is a double-edged sword, for sure, but I'm not sure it creates more problems than it solves. Hidden non-zero exits have wasted far more time, for me, than this little exercise has.
On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > Kevin Layer wrote: > > It took me hours of work to distill this down from a very large and long > > running script. > > > set -eu > > Hours and hours of debug time could be saved if people stopped using > 'set -e' in their programs. It creates more problems than people > think it solves. Do not meddle in the affairs of 'set -e' for it is > subtle and quick to anger. > > Bob >
