Gerald Pfeifer <ger...@pfeifer.com> writes:
> On Thu, 20 Apr 2023, Arsen Arsenović wrote:
>>> I understand, just am wondering whether and why the : is required? I
>>> don't think we are using this construct anywhere else?
>> Without them, this would happen:
>>
>> ~$ "${foo:=foo}"
>> bash: foo: command not found
>> ~ 127 $ unset foo
>> ~$ echo "${foo:=foo}"
>> foo
>> ~$
>
> Ah, of course!
>
> That's why I tend to use FOO=${FOO-barbar} in such cases - which is a tad
> more characters. :)
>
>> Thank you! Hopefully we get this just in time for 13 :)
>
> The release is currently planned for the 26th and the udpated script is
> now live.Perfect \o/ > I just ran it and things seem to work just fine. Do you spot anything > unexpected? Seems perfect, thank you! Have a lovely day! :) > Gerald -- Arsen Arsenović
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