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Subject: Re: builtins, changes et al 
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From:	Alan Watson <alan@oldp.astro.wisc.edu>
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> I don't like the idea of a builtin read
> with sh semantics too much. I'd prefer a more general solution,
> some kind of printf - scanf pair which is _not_ builtin. It's already
> part of the GNU shellutils.

The people who have expressed a desire for a built in read (including
myself) have normally used performance as their justification (in the
same way that echo is justified).  Your suggestion does nothing for
that.

I feel that the man page for and implementation of a shell level scanf
will be horrid.