Eric Sunshine <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > ... However, the article does seem to say that such idioms and care may > still be warranted. In particular, the epilog gives an example which > is still relevant on macOS today. ... > > At any rate, for those of us who are old-timers, the `"x$foo"` idiom > is habit and only costs a couple extra characters, so I for one have > no problem with its presence in the proposed patch. Yes. I think it is prudent to use the x-prefix idiom, especially for the case cited upthread like comparing $1 with an exclamation mark '!'.
