Re: RFE: request for grouping mechanism to work in double brackets where otherewise illegal

2010-09-23 Thread Pierre Gaston
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Linda Walsh wrote: > > > Pierre Gaston wrote: >> >> I though I showed you how your suggestion only solves part of the problem >> in only one particular situation and in an inconsistent manner while >> introducing >> other problems but oh well > > --- >        What

Re: RFE: request for grouping mechanism to work in double brackets where otherewise illegal

2010-09-23 Thread Linda Walsh
Pierre Gaston wrote: I though I showed you how your suggestion only solves part of the problem in only one particular situation and in an inconsistent manner while introducing other problems but oh well --- What are you referring to? I thought I answered your questions. You questions

Re: RFE: request for grouping mechanism to work in double brackets where otherewise illegal

2010-09-23 Thread Marc Herbert
Le 23/09/2010 02:27, Dennis Williamson wrote: > Not to mention the > tradeoffs that have to be made, in code, in design, in personal time. Speaking of time... the signal/noise ratio in this thread is so unusually low that most subscribers could probably not afford any better than skim over it (my

Re: RFE: request for grouping mechanism to work in double brackets where otherewise illegal

2010-09-22 Thread Pierre Gaston
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:20 AM, Linda Walsh wrote: > > > So far, no one has come up with any good reasons why this would be a > problem, or how it would create any compatibility problems.  All I've > seen is an attitude of 'well, I don't wanna!  It's my toy and I didn't > think of the idea, and

Re: RFE: request for grouping mechanism to work in double brackets where otherewise illegal

2010-09-22 Thread Dennis Williamson
OK, my magic error corrector chose this as its output: bash -c 'cd foobar' && ci filename Is that what you were hoping for? There's a big difference between a compiler and an interpreter. The former can afford to take the time to do some of the kinds of things that you describe. Those same thin

Re: RFE: request for grouping mechanism to work in double brackets where otherewise illegal

2010-09-22 Thread Linda Walsh
Greg Wooledge wrote: I prefer plan C: leave it alone. It's working fine. Your preference could be used as an excuse to stop all future growth in primitive interfaces, however 'fine' is in the eye of the beholder. If everything was fine with the shell, we'd all be using borne she