Re: [9fans] equality sign in Rc

> You can force rc to setting a variable only if = is surrounded by spaces, > like in sh, but then you'll have a lot of problems in plan9/p9p. nack. disregarding the confusion about spaces, incompatible changes aren't ok. i've heard the argument that one can't make language progress without

Re: [9fans] equality sign in Rc

On Sun May 14 08:32:47 PDT 2017, trebol55...@yandex.ru wrote: > > That isn't sh's rule. x=y is fine as an assignment without spaces. > > Yes, sorry, in fact I was thinking on the contrary I wrote: don't set a > variable like in sh. > > I like the use of spaces permitted in rc, as I said. i

Re: [9fans] equality sign in Rc

> I see. It seems that you know the code very well. If the variable assignments > are only before a command, why not permit = > after the command? Do you know if is there a thought reason for that? More precisely, "after the start of the command".

Re: [9fans] equality sign in Rc

> That isn't sh's rule. x=y is fine as an assignment without spaces. Yes, sorry, in fact I was thinking on the contrary I wrote: don't set a variable like in sh. I like the use of spaces permitted in rc, as I said. > [...] Shell/environment variable assignments appear only before a command,

Re: [9fans] equality sign in Rc

On 13 May 2017 at 13:36, trebol wrote: > You can force rc to setting a variable only if = is surrounded by spaces, > like in sh, but then you'll have a lot of problems in plan9/p9p. That isn't sh's rule. x=y is fine as an assignment without spaces. Shell/environment