Re: [PATCH 1/3] Makefile: extract script to generate clar declarations

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On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 05:42:39PM -0400, Taylor Blau wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 04:06:41PM +0200, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> > +while test "$#" -ne 0
> > +do
> > +	suite="$1"
> > +	shift
> 
> I'm perhaps nit-picking here, but I find:
> 
>     for suite in "$@"
>     do
>         ...
>     done
> 
> to be much more readable than 'while test "$#" -ne 0' and 'shift'
> above, since the for-loop variant does not need to mangle its arguments
> with shift.

It certainly is, yeah. I know that there was a reason to write it in
this convoluted way... was it compatibility with non-Bash shells when
there were spaces in the paths? I don't know, and I cannot find a case
right now where it breaks.

Will adapt accordingly.

Patrick




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