On Sunday 05 April 2009 03:49:52 Duncan wrote: > Mike Frysinger <vap...@gentoo.org> posted > >> + local sources="$@" > > > > this doesnt do what you think it does. it's the same as "$*" which > > means this function does not handle quoted arguments properly. > > ?? > > I'm confused. Maybe you meant something different, but quoting the bash > manpage (reformatted slightly to emphasize the difference, this is the > 4.0, 2009 February 7 manpage version, but a quick google indicates the > same difference applies in the POSIX shell spec well... it's not new):
what you've read/quoted matters at the expansion step, but that isnt what i'm
talking about. i'm pointing out that the expansion is lost by assigning
through the variable. thus the same behavior of the whole function is as if
"$*" is used.
trivial example:
set -- a "b c" d
printf "{%s} " "$@" ; echo
sources="$@"
printf "{%s} " "$sources" ; echo
printf "{%s} " $sources ; echo
-mike
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