Re: does formatting matter

[Chet Ramey]

On 1/14/20 8:34 AM, NBaH wrote:
> Le Mon, 13 Jan 2020 09:16:51 -0500,
> Chet Ramey <address@hidden> a écrit :
>
> > On 1/12/20 9:57 AM, NBaH wrote:
> >
> > > what is the reason for these commands to show code this way
> > > > if test "anything"; then
> > > rather than
> > > > if test "anything"
> > > > then
> >
> > They're equivalent; why does it matter?
>
> so, it doesn't change the way the code is interpreted.
> this is simple formatting, without impact on a way code is read or
> given to kernel. right ?

Correct.

> a simple matter of taste that remains from... first shell ever ?

People value terse representations.



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