Eric Blake <ebb9@xxxxxxx> writes:
> According to Jules Colding on 3/26/2007 7:10 AM:
>> if test "xSTRING1" = "xSTRING2"; then
>> else
>> fi
>>
>> Probably something entirely fundamental that I just forgot...
>
> Portability. Suppose STRING1 is '(' and STRING2 is ')'. Then 'test "x("
> = "x)"' is false, while 'test ( = )' is true.
Note that POSIX mandates that the latter is false as well. May not matter
much, since there are many broken implementations out there.
Andreas.
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