On Thu, Aug 26, 1999, Doug wrote:
> > > 2. value ) instead of value) for case statements
> >
> > Why? What's wrong with `value)'?
>
> Nothing functionally, but I find case statements much easier to read with
> the extra whitespace.
Would that not cause problems?
[A-Z]* )
# ... matches "ZOUNDS " but not "ZOUNDS" ?
;;
I'd think it might have trouble with that whitespace.
And to quote sh(1)'s man page:
The syntax of the case command is
case word in
pattern) list ;;
esac
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|Chris Costello <ch...@calldei.com>
|When a program is being tested, it is too late to make design changes.
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