Re: regarding head/tail syntax

[Paul Jarc]

Jim Meyering <address@hidden> wrote:
> address@hidden (Paul Jarc) wrote:
>> Given the significant number of complaints about this behavior, I
>> think it would make sense to reject -1, etc., only if $POSIXLY_CORRECT
>> is set.
...
> These changes are in a different class, so I think it's best to
> associate them with a different variable: $_POSIX2_VERSION.

I don't think the spelling of the variable matters, but I think the
default behavior when the variable is not set should be to accept the
traditional options.


paul