Hi Ingo, On Sun, Dec 09 2018 at 02:32:00 PM, Ingo Schwarze <schwa...@usta.de> wrote: > Ralph Corderoy wrote on Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 10:36:25AM +0000: >> The time-honoured way to achieve this is using the built-in `set'. >> >> $ l='foo bar xyzzy' >> $ set -- $l; for f; do echo f=$f; done | fmt >> f=foo f=bar f=xyzzy >> $ > [...] >> $ l= >> $ set -- $l; for f; do echo f=$f; done | fmt >> $ set -- $l; for f; do echo f=$f; done | wc -c >> 0 >> $ > > Good point, indeed i wasn't aware of that technique. > Arguably, using it is less intrusive than deleting the very likely > usused variables. > > Then again, i already have an OK from gbranden@ to remove the > variables, and we should probably remove them after release anyway. > > What do you guys want: > > Should i push my patch to remove the two variables, > or rework it using Ralph's suggestion instead?
I vote for simplicity, so the removal of the 2 variables. Thanks, Regards, Bertrand
