On 5/23/07, Jukka Salmi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sander van Dijk --> dwm (2007-05-23 16:18:34 +0200): > I don't know, I do know it's a symlink to test in many linux distros. > I personally hate it though, since it obscures the fact that you are > calling a program ("test" is much clearer in this sense thatn "[").That's a matter of taste, of course. I prefer the latter because then the expression is delimited by `[' and `]', making it easier to parse IMHO.
It's a matter of taste indeed; some people have taste, some don't :-P (kidding, kidding...)
> Btw, in bash they are _both_ builtins (don't ask me why, Probably to give all shell scripts the same performace gain, whether they use `test' or `['.
True, but see my other post for why I don't think that's reason enough by itself. Greetings, Sander.
