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Re: fix for source includes in gendoc.sh for future consideration


From: 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






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