Thomas Rast <tr...@inf.ethz.ch> writes:

> Johannes Sixt <j.s...@viscovery.net> writes:
>
>> Am 5/16/2013 22:50, schrieb Thomas Rast:
>>> +match_pattern_list () {
>>> +   arg="$1"
>>> +   shift
>>> +   test -z "$*" && return 1
>>> +   for pat in $@
>>
>> You should have double-quotes around $@ here, but then you can just as
>> well abbreviate to
>>
>>      for pat
>>
>> and you don't need the 'test -z "$*' check anymore.
>
> Hmm, actually the quotes wouldn't help, because it currently reads
>
> -     for skp in $GIT_SKIP_TESTS
> -     do
> -             case $this_test.$test_count in
> -             $skp)
> -                     to_skip=t
> -                     break
> -             esac
> -     done
>
> so the splitting already happens, and in fact needs to, so that one can
> pass multiple patterns.  Or am I missing something?

I think you read it right.  I do pass multiple test number patterns
regularly and not quoting there is exactly for support that.

> But the 'for pat' with implicit $@ sounds nice regardless, thanks.

'for pat' is equivalent to 'for pat in "$@"', not 'for pat in $@';
would it still be useful when you need them split at $IFS?
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