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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

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On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Sergey A. Lipnevich wrote:
> I really like this "minimal" convention.
>
> I have a few more to add. I'm trying to use single quotes for strings
> that don't have variables inside. I think it saves a few CPU cycles,
> although I wouldn't be shocked if it doesn't. I prefer to quote hash sum
> values with single quotes to show that they're literals. Finally, I
> prefer to use bash magic like "${VAR//search/replace}" instead of
> starting an additional process (such as sed or cut) and I always
> double-quote these expressions, just in case. Not a big deal if these
> don't make it into "convention."
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I do similar when I remember, though my regex-fu is weak and
sometimes I regress into sed/cut. I usually don't quote hashsums, but
to each their own. ;)

I also doubt the single-quotes help anything, but I haven't done any
tests and I believe in wishful thinking. :)

- -sandalle

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