Re: file ID redesign proposal

Tethys (tethys@ml.com)
Thu, 04 Dec 1997 10:37:29 +0000

>> the only real reason: scripts see the index 'directly', but as far as i've
>> checked, 99% of this is restricted to 1> and 2>.
>
>Making 0, 1 and 2 special cases would not be pretty, IMHO.

It's not just 0, 1 and 2, either. GNU autoconf, for example, generates
scripts that use 0 - 6. I've also seen scripts that use 0 - 9 at a
previous employer...

Tet

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