Re: More fixes for missing double quotes in the shell scripts

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Justin <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Patches Mailing List <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: More fixes for missing double quotes in the shell scripts
Date: 2001-09-28 19:28:20
Message-ID: 200109281928.f8SJSKP13298@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Justin <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> > If there's really something fundamentally wrong with this idea, then
> > let's only do the necessary ones.
>
> No, nothing fundamentally wrong. I just prefer to avoid unnecessary
> notational clutter. Your approach of "let's quote *every* shell
> variable" is defensible but I find it a tad over-the-top. Comes down
> to a judgment call about code legibility, I suppose.

I prefer the quoting all style, though $? is a special case, as is $#,
and $$, which I certainly would not quote. Up to you guys. Also, I
like that fact we are cleaning this up. From my days writing shql, I
always thought quoting behavour should have been the default for
environment variables.

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