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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] problem with a here document in rc
Date: Tue,  7 May 2013 23:02:40 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5682af728299e85a118be235095c06df@brasstown.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOZfv7JtSOhmWU71oND71XQ7FokVRpVfoPDTybSivZssQtr1ig@mail.gmail.com>

> > clearly you did not run this script.  this doesn't
> > work for the same reason that here docs in functions
> > don't work.
>
> I actually did, but accidentally ran the old unix port. sorry for the noise.

ah, yes  byron did make here documents work, and i think paul
goaded him into adding here strings with three <s.  but that was years ago.

it's not clear to me that there's any current point in a here doc.
sure you can save a bit of memory, but i don't remember
the last boddle i unpacked.  and regardless, i'm sure it would have
fit easily into memory.

- erik



      reply	other threads:[~2013-05-08  3:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-05-02 13:22 Rudolf Sykora
2013-05-02 15:24 ` erik quanstrom
2013-05-02 15:48   ` Rudolf Sykora
2013-05-06  7:27     ` Rudolf Sykora
2013-05-06 13:37       ` erik quanstrom
2013-05-07 20:40       ` Martin Kühl
2013-05-07 22:08         ` erik quanstrom
2013-05-08  2:53           ` Martin Kühl
2013-05-08  3:02             ` erik quanstrom [this message]

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