On 10/15/2012 09:26 PM, Chris Rees wrote:
Not sure why you felt this paragraph needed to be removed.
Because the style is clearer and makes it much more obvious when a
variable is having its own default value set. In ports at least, the
current style is to use the less verbose form.
ok
While you are technically correct, I think you misunderstood the
writer's intent, which was to show how an rc.conf(8) variable can be
used in a subroutine to control the behavior of the command. I agree
that the example isn't a very good one (in that it doesn't depict a
valid use case), but I think the "spirit" is correct. Maybe you can
suggest a better example?
I think that this script is very simple by design, and making a better
example would complicate it. It is definitely worth pointing out the
alternative though; it makes useful food for thought; both examples
with a disclaimer.
ok
[1] http://www.bayofrum.net/~crees/patches/rc-scripting-modernise2.diff
Looks fine to me. Thanks for taking the time to update the documentation.
Cheers,
Mike.
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