Re: sleep.1: "while true;" -> "while :;"

2016-12-21 Thread Christian Weisgerber
On 2016-12-20, Jason McIntyre wrote: > i'm not sure why "while :" is better in this example, but "while true" > is clearer, i think. allowing for differences in preference, is their a > good reason to change what's there? I agree that "true" is clearer and I see no reason to

Re: sleep.1: "while true;" -> "while :;"

2016-12-21 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 09:59:18AM +0100, Michal Mazurek wrote: > On 22:49:38, 20.12.16, Jason McIntyre wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 10:58:40PM +0100, Michal Mazurek wrote: > > > While there is nothing wrong with "while true", "while :" is better > > > and used a lot more often in the source

Re: sleep.1: "while true;" -> "while :;"

2016-12-21 Thread Michal Mazurek
On 22:49:38, 20.12.16, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 10:58:40PM +0100, Michal Mazurek wrote: > > While there is nothing wrong with "while true", "while :" is better > > and used a lot more often in the source tree. > > > > OK? > > > > i'm not sure why "while :" is better in

Re: sleep.1: "while true;" -> "while :;"

2016-12-20 Thread sven falempin
On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 5:49 PM, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 10:58:40PM +0100, Michal Mazurek wrote: > > While there is nothing wrong with "while true", "while :" is better > > and used a lot more often in the source tree. > > > > OK? > > > > i'm not sure

Re: sleep.1: "while true;" -> "while :;"

2016-12-20 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 10:58:40PM +0100, Michal Mazurek wrote: > While there is nothing wrong with "while true", "while :" is better > and used a lot more often in the source tree. > > OK? > i'm not sure why "while :" is better in this example, but "while true" is clearer, i think. allowing

sleep.1: "while true;" -> "while :;"

2016-12-20 Thread Michal Mazurek
While there is nothing wrong with "while true", "while :" is better and used a lot more often in the source tree. OK? Index: bin/sleep/sleep.1 === RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/sleep/sleep.1,v retrieving revision 1.22 diff -u -p -r1.22