Re: empty lists in for

[Doug Barton]

W Gerald Hicks wrote:

> To me, changing it right now on the eve of -release
> would be gratuitous. Later I would be fine with it.
> 
> I still prefer /bin/sh being able to handle an empty
> literal list but would yield to the desires of others.

        I think you misunderstand me. I'm not suggesting any changes, unless
the fact that our /bin/sh DOES handle the non-existent list case breaks
something. My feeling in general is that the more POSIX compliant we are
the better, but I don't really know what the standard says about this. 

Doug
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