Sheldon Hearn wrote in list.freebsd-hackers:
> What follows is a diff that presents Doug's changes (which must have
> required quite a bit of effort, thanks!)
Yeah -- Thanks Doug!
> Specifically, case statements look more like what a lot of folks are
> used to seeing, and conditionals that don't need to be case sensitive
> have not been converted to case statements.
The case statements have another advantage over if/test --
case is a shell-builtin, test is not. Therefore, "case" is
more efficient.
I'd vote for using "case" instead of if/test where possible.
> I think the effort which Doug has put into this is great and would make
> for a better rc. It's a pity that a few cosmetic issues generated so
> much pooh-pooh'ing. :-(
I'm very sorry that the suggestions in my previous mail
caused a wrong impression. I appreciate Doug's work very
much.
Regards
Oliver
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