From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.strozzi.it ([80.105.103.166]) by hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu with SMTP id <75921>; Wed, 3 Apr 2002 15:00:26 -0500 Received: from carlos by mail.strozzi.it with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 16rh1r-0000BZ-00; Sun, 31 Mar 2002 17:13:59 +0200 Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 10:13:58 -0500 From: Carlo Strozzi To: rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu Subject: Re: rc 1.6 $version Message-ID: <20020331171358.A604@strozzi.it> Mail-Followup-To: Carlo Strozzi , rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu References: <20020314223715.003CB3F40B@quanstro.net> <20020327132716.23114.qmail@happy.star.le.ac.uk> <20020327221226.A25153@strozzi.it> <8ZFwtjf51i@dmul.paulhaahr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <8ZFwtjf51i@dmul.paulhaahr.com>; from paul@paulhaahr.com on Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 01:43:31PM -0500 Organization: ScriptaWorks.COM On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 01:43:31PM -0500, Paul Haahr wrote: > > Why not just initialize version (provided there's none set in the > environment?), not export it, and have any assignments turn it into a > normal variable. I think that's pretty easy to do. This certainly makes sense, I agree. Just forget about my proposed special `rc_' namespace. -cs- -- For easier reading please set the Courier font. Messages larger than 30 KB may not receive immediate attention. Freedom for Business: http://swpat.ffii.org