Re: AS_EXIT

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <address@hidden> writes:

Akim> But it's a wide belief that there are shells where `true' is not
Akim> a builtin, hence the preference for `:'.  I have no evidence
Akim> this is true.

Akim> I believe it's more a matter of tradition.

Tom> ":" is just cooler.  For instance ":" let me write a smiley in
Tom> actual working code (in automake).  Can't do that with "true"!

true-)