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RE: PATCH: suggestion for new condition

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From: "Andrej Borsenkow" <borsenkow.msk@xxxxxx>
To: "Peter Stephenson" <pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Zsh hackers list" <zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: PATCH: suggestion for new condition
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:50:06 +0300
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>
> I worry a little, too, (though it maybe groundless) that overloading
> conditions in the basic shell will cause unexpected results with
> existing tests that ought to work, e.g. things like [[ -v = -v ]] ---

What I think about, may be, quoting can be of some help here. That is, -v is
condition, but \-v or '-v' or "-v" should be interpreted as plain string? I
never used unquoted strings, even if it is quite legal. "str" simply looks
better :-) Others may have own preferences, though ...

/andrej

References:
- Re: PATCH: suggestion for new condition
  - From: Peter Stephenson

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