On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Ian Lepore <i...@freebsd.org> wrote:
...
> Arrrgggghhhh!  No no no no, a thousand times NO.
>
> There is NO EXCUSE for that ugly unnecessary xfoo stuff.  Quoting
> properly supplies all the bulletproofing needed for string comparisons.

The xfoo stuff protected against...

foo="-lt this variable starts with something that you don't expect" #
*wink* *nudge*"

... but as emaste@ said, this is for shells that are not really
relevant anymore (SunOS :)?).

Thanks,
-NGie
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