> > > One reason to use print occurred to me last night: error messages should
> > > usually go to stderr, not stdout, and that's easier with print ("print
> > > -u2") than with echo. So I'll go ahead with the switch to print.
> >
> > While I agree using "print -u2 foo" is better, I'm not sure how it's
> > any harder than "echo foo >&2".
>
> Erm, "echo foo >&2" are two seperate statements while "print -u2 foo" is
> only one
I don't think that really matters here. (Again, I have nothing against
print. That said, the whole notion of passing file descriptors as
command-line seems counter to the original [elegant] idea of fd
redirection.)
--
meem
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