On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 at 09:47, Quentin Rameau <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > My interpretation of the linked thread was that "starts with" is
> > supposed to mean a strict prefix in POSIX, so "-" doesn't start with
> > "-". I haven't found anything in the standard that says that
> > explicitly though. If you'd rather interpret "starts with" to include
> > exact matches, feel free to drop this patch.
>
> Actually I think you're right.
Okay great!
> Although,
>
> > + return !(arg[0] == '-' && arg[1]) && strcmp(arg, "!") && strcmp(arg,
> > "(");
>
> Having a negation operator at the start of an expression which does
> not negate the whole expression chain is kind of misleading.
Yeah I see what you mean.
> Why not:
>
> return strcmp(arg, "-") || && strcmp(arg, "!") && strcmp(arg, "(");
Not sure what you're recommending here. Maybe
return (arg[0] != '-' || !strcmp(arg, "-")) && strcmp(arg, "!") &&
strcmp(arg, "(");
?
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Tavian Barnes
