Nicolas Williams wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 01:05:06PM -0400, James Carlson wrote:
>> Nicolas Williams writes:
>>> read line
>>> set -- $line
>> Oops! You just told it to break up the arguments twice.
>
> Well, I suppose if I know a priori how many fields there are then all's
> good.
>
"Further, we propose that the existing "-o" switch (which is used to
enumerate fields to display) be required in parseable output mode.
This ensure that we will be able to add new fields in the future
without potentially breaking existing scripts."
We force the user to know exactly what they are asking for to avoid the
case were more fields are added and their scripts break.
-John
