Roland Mainz wrote: > 1. bash supports (like ksh93) binary plugins
Great. I love 32-bit plugins. bash is the default root shell in OpenSolaris. I am a bit uncomfortable with the idea of allowing loadable plugins for the root shell. > 2. bash4 now supports associative arrays which can grow quite large > (OkOk, bash4 lacks compound variables and variable tree support (which > was the main reason why we got a 64bit ksh93 (since we knew that > variable trees with several GB are used on production systems (the > largest core dump observed in 2004 on a production system was 30GB, most > of this was in a single tree variable)))) and I don't see the reason of > "artifically" limiting the array size on systems with enougth memory So, one winning argument for a 64-bit bash would be the ability to generate extremely large core files, sized in excess of 30GB, a feature which would not be available under 32-bit bash. Perhaps limiting the associative array size to something less than 30GB would be a desirable feature to consider. It's only a suggestion. > 3. A bash4 compiled as AMD64 code runs faster than a 32bit x86 bash4 > version > >> i think the bash demo stuff belongs in /contrib. > > Erm... /usr/demo/bash/ would be my preference... /contrib as in the /contrib repo at pkg.opensolaris.org --Stefan -- Stefan Teleman Sun Microsystems, Inc. stefan.teleman at Sun.COM
