"Ted Unangst" <t...@tedunangst.com> writes: [...]
>> > So let's return to the top. What does "PD KSH" in KSH_VERSION mean? What >> > does >> > one do differently if that string is present or missing? >> >> sigh >> >> pdksh is not the same thing as ksh88 or ksh93. And not the same thing as >> mksh, which has grew features since it was based on pdksh from the >> OpenBSD tree. And you may want to avoid known problems in some of those, >> or use known nice features in others, whether it is in scripts or your >> dotfiles. But for this obviously you have to know which shell you're >> using. >> >> Your proposal to remove the variable or to change significantly its >> content breaks other people's way to use ksh. > > I'm asking specifically what those features are. Well, good luck with that. > As things stand, we need to > make a list of features *not* to implement, lest people's version > tests become incorrect. Are you genuinely afraid that people won't be able to use the features you plan to implement in ksh? Do you actually think that third-party shell developers out there have stopped implementing features just because ill-oriented users may make bad uses of $WHATEVERSH_VERSION? -- jca | PGP : 0x1524E7EE / 5135 92C1 AD36 5293 2BDF DDCC 0DFA 74AE 1524 E7EE
