Re: "does not contain a file descriptor" (Re: cat as a builtin command)

[Peter Stephenson <p.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:15:21 -0700
Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sep 2,  9:43am, Peter Stephenson wrote:
> }
> } On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 12:44:03 -0700
> } Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> } 
> } > I won't commit this without getting feedback, because it doesn't work
> } > correctly with parameters declared as integers in bases other than 10
> } 
> } I don't think this problem's fatal, but it's surprising if there isn't
> } some way or other of getting this to work by indicating the base
> } appropriately.
> 
> Hm.  How about this, then?

Yes, that's sort of what I was thinking.  Rather minor but if it just
works we don't have to document our way round it, have people not read
the documentation, etc.

Thanks.
pws