On 19.12.14 16:22, Jeff King wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 03:39:30PM +0100, dev+...@drbeat.li wrote:
> 
>> By using printf instead of the echo/uniset sequence, the final structure
>> of the generated file becomes obvious.
> 
> This whole series looks pretty sane to me, and the result is easier to
> read.
> 
> I did wonder if a here-doc would be even easier than a PDF, like:
> 
>   cat >$UNICODEWIDTH_H <<-EOF
>   static const struct interval zero_width[] = {
>     $(uniset/uniset --32 cat:Me,Mn,Cf + U+1160..U+11FF - U+00AD | grep -v 
> plane)
>   };
>   static const struct interval double_width[] = {
>     $(uniset/uniset --32 eaw:F,W)
>   };
>   EOF
> 
> The nice thing is that <<- will strip leading tabs, which means you can
> indent properly to match the surrounding code. I don't know if you find
> the in-line $() more readable or not, though.

I think the code looks much nicer with a here doc.

Checking in t/, it looks that there's no consensus about whether to
indent the content relative to the cat statement or not. What do you
suggest?

> I think either way it is an improvement over the current state.

Thanks!

Beat


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