Re: why not promote the plague ? (brace|rc|alternative|modern) syntax

[Marc Chantreux <mc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Dec 13, 2024 at 07:13:20AM +0900, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> I think those remarks apply mostly to script programming.  E.g., I use
> shortloops all the time when at an interactive prompt, up until it becomes
> complicated enough with pipelines etc. that I need to force the interpretation.

I don't setopt shortloops. AFAIR it's different from alternative syntax
(and didn't work well for me). can you confirm ?

> > * should we promote the plague (for exemple by accepting it in the
> >   completion code)?
> 
> I'm not sure what that would look like.  Completion doesn't really do anything
> for loop constructs beyond knowing where command position is.

correct. also most of the users don't contribute their completion code.

I was thinking of a way to make this syntax more commonly seen on
exemples if it was a good idea but the lack of enthousiasm in the
replies leads me to think it's probably a bad idea.

regards

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