On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 07:18 -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
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> According to Jules Colding on 3/26/2007 7:10 AM:
> > if test "xSTRING1" = "xSTRING2"; then
> > else
> > fi
> >
> > Probably something entirely fundamental that I just forgot...
>
> Portability. Suppose STRING1 is '(' and STRING2 is ')'. Then 'test "x("
> = "x)"' is false, while 'test ( = )' is true. See also the manual:
> http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Limitations-of-Builtins.html#Limitations-of-Builtins
Ah, yes. Makes perfectly sense now.
Thanks a lot,
jules
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