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To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] bug or a feature?
In-Reply-To: Message from Dennis Ritchie <dmr@plan9.bell-labs.com>
   of "Wed, 12 Jun 2002 15:57:07 EDT." <e2cfa5884e01a97bd64e1aa31123a2fb@plan9.bell-labs.com>
From: Scott Schwartz <schwartz@bio.cse.psu.edu>
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 16:16:57 -0400
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Given that rc, unlike sh, is able to distinguish empty lists and empty
strings, that seems like a natural way to represent a failed glob.
Given that commands in rc and sh are able to return status, that seems
like a natural way to represent a failed glob.  The current behavior
never seemed right to me.