imo have multiple $! at once set is to me a hard must , when more are invoked .. this is a programmical must .. or do only i see these schematics .. a no is brainless .. .. in the way not supporting floating math .. so i should not care so much =pp =)
On Tue, Aug 6, 2024, 07:19 Oğuz <oguzismailuy...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, August 6, 2024, Zachary Santer <zsan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I > > don't see the benefit over simply waiting for all process > > substitutions. > > > > The benefit is they're separate from async jobs and don't get in your way. > `wait' waiting for the last procsub is acceptable, `wait' waiting for a > procsub that I forgot about and that won't be listed by `jobs' is not. > Procsubs occupying one slot in the shell's internal list of job statuses is > acceptable, them filling up that list and causing data loss/oom errors is > not. > > > -- > Oğuz >
