>>>>> On Sun, 20 Dec 2015, Michał Górny wrote:

>> Besides, the "set -f" code in the eclass works just fine and has
>> been tested for several years by now.

> Sure. Relying on implicit word splitting which is a side effect of
> unquoted variable use, along with disabling side effects of that use
> is not a hack. On the other hand, using built-in dedicated to word
> splitting is. Of course.

> While at it, please make sure to remove all uses of 'find -print0'
> hack. I'm pretty sure you can find some implicit ugly side effect
> that could allow us to do the same after mangling a few shopts.

So, you don't get things exactly in your style, and then other dev's
code is an "ugly hack" and uses "side effects". Even if the code in
question causes no problems whatsoever and uses standard well
documented shell features.

I think we should end this discussion here. Let the eclass maintainer
decide what approach (if any) he wants to adopt.

Ulrich

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