On 2/3/22 12:05 PM, L A Walsh wrote:
There's no need for it, it just makes your script harder to
follow.
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I write scripts for myself. aliases make scriptes easier to create
modify and maintain. You can type 'declare -i x=1', I prefer 'int x=1' I
find 'declare -xxyz' harder to write, read and parse than 'my', 'array' 'map'
This is, as you say, a personal preference for private scripts. You're free
to advocate for that style, but don't expect other people to see its
advantages.
We aren't talking 100 aliases, but these:
alias my='declare ' int='my -i ' array='my -a ' map='my -A '
are used in nearly all my scripts.
OK. Does the number of aliases really matter?
There is no way you can tell me that:
declare var='v'
declare -i ivar=1
are more clear than:
my var='v'
int ivar=1
This is, again, a personal preference. The former has the advantage of
being documented.
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