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From: "Chris F.A. Johnson" <chris@cfajohnson.com>
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Subject: Re: Preventing Bash Variable Confusion
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 21:13:45 -0500 (EST)
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On Thu, 30 Jan 2020, Roger wrote:

>> They still allow you to define constants in all-caps.  The impact it
>> makes is not so different with defining globals as such.  Try Ruby.
>
> The reason I used to prefer using all uppercase/capital letters, the variable
> definitations would stand out similar to C style definition macros.  Variables
> become extremely identifiable and comprehensible.

A text editor, such as emacs in Bash mode, can highlight variables. No
need to use any sort of naming convention.

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    Chris F.A. Johnson                         <http://cfajohnson.com/>
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