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Re: fix for source includes in gendoc.sh for future consideration
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Bruno Haible |
Subject: |
Re: fix for source includes in gendoc.sh for future consideration |
Date: |
Sun, 28 Jan 2024 22:59:34 +0100 |
Paul Eggert wrote:
> > the GNU
> > standards favour listing the operators at the beginning of a line, not
> > at the end.
>
> For shell scripts it's routine to put operators at the end; this avoids
> unnecessary backslashes.
The backslashes at the end of a line are only a minor annoyance.
Not being able to grasp the structure of a set of commands and pipes quickly
— by looking at only the start of each line — is a major annoyance.
Bruno