According to Jim Meyering on 1/14/2010 6:46 AM: >> Or go one step further, do the search for *.exe without regards to >> $EXEEXT, skipping this case block, and simplifying modules/*-tests. > > I like the idea of not having to modify all modules/*-tests, but have > two reservations: > - I like having no shim-eval overhead when $EXEEXT is empty. > - What if a script were to run something named foo.exe _in unix land_? > Then if there is also a "foo" executable in that directory, it would > mistakenly run "foo" via our shim that creates a foo.exe *function*.
For init.sh, it is used in a directory largely under gnulib's control. In other words, the glob *.exe is likely to match files only on platforms where $EXEEXT (had it been exported into the test environment) is .exe, and return '*.exe' (or nothing, if the shell's noglob option is turned on) otherwise. Do we really need to worry about the oddball case where someone on a Unix platform creates a test named foo.exe even though $EXEEXT is empty? -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake e...@byu.net
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