Path: csiph.com!goblin3!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!usenet.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: "G. Branden Robinson" Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug Subject: Re: Should [[ -v 1 ]] be supported? Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2018 20:40:36 -0500 Lines: 40 Approved: bug-bash@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <5dac2cf2-2fac-0fd1-058f-6a84a3271738@case.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lists.gnu.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="vcnyjzn5l6zw747m" X-Trace: usenet.stanford.edu 1545961302 13147 208.118.235.17 (28 Dec 2018 01:41:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: action@cs.stanford.edu To: bug-bash@gnu.org Envelope-to: bug-bash@gnu.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=OEgCsIE+wbav95zKRM+L3MYcPc4jQ7xLtq3Le/f29HY=; b=aJjI4OEoJdNw9h/TJTBeIdB+M9eIyR98S8oPgzmHq6fqaL7ZXoxlhIXSqtz7XAj0L1 oc59eE4WlYEenJFr+wKH8+d+xw2kzBVHRrn01SG03Eky4bwx8DH50mosLYYi2PbZatJY CNs3edzaEzKjnTaqIRlA/zdz8rdiJNKN9BTHDNQmpn9nhQN4AQXuegbd+OeyXEY3OJlo yZzei6rZ98B/7RTlQE9TLkMZHic0D+heHGo320oFK2+RX2v9J6O5T+aVJXLKJqKs8Oyj n7QxeTMe8qbFhwwVh8vnDVnRtIpN1aJu0feChjCqptQlWl4gDk0bf6nbwQn2Y4fLALK9 y2HQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=OEgCsIE+wbav95zKRM+L3MYcPc4jQ7xLtq3Le/f29HY=; b=dT2s16SzuqOjUPl2oDeX96gU/YcLL7U2zr6OcPoUreu2WapwWcSpTWzbt1i6kyKylV 63Cx7lGZqEoN7rSckDymbO48VGL4gPz/vDZI/E0PXwKceEozu8R1IF3XUpuCM72Yasgp f7UgJzEuWt10caGTbpmZ+Q+RL3bItFPwjAV9RmA6tEVIifuVUaURYXgSOuD3z7Qr5seX zty4etnJfGYn4kwSyTRoJql4UP/pPg1tqyTgOfy03xf9IkcdZZybNx43YT17WMv9TUMi LQJuezkDv2uzSrfyC0U3LC3VzTDD05ZKt7qG3xkSFYd9zngyS28M8laJrPXQRmk4IaWM r8lA== X-Gm-Message-State: AJcUukd5sl/1y+LODL3HCwZ6KdE0lfHHg1UCDQ37fREyf+PFNXVww1vi g9qR9+V8CI3DTJzuuwPocZMyPuBuADc= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ALg8bN6bBJXJo83DOH/Ox4QKEty55Zo0NoDV+YXg8HeV5ubk7Kgz7u4ke/8YtEHz1vss/Vp1KtdecA== X-Received: by 2002:a25:76ce:: with SMTP id r197mr20752927ybc.497.1545961239531; Thu, 27 Dec 2018 17:40:39 -0800 (PST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: NeoMutt/20180716 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4864:20::b34 X-BeenThere: bug-bash@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: csiph.com gnu.bash.bug:14980 --vcnyjzn5l6zw747m Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 2018-12-27T19:24:22-0600, Peng Yu wrote: > > I don't believe that at all. The number of positional parameters is kept > > anyway. It's not recalculated when you compare it to another number, so > > it's just as fast as a simple comparison of two integers. >=20 > Getting the number $# is slow. By what metric, and how do you know? Regards, Branden --vcnyjzn5l6zw747m Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEh3PWHWjjDgcrENwa0Z6cfXEmbc4FAlwlfxMACgkQ0Z6cfXEm bc5Qjw//QDS4Vy0fetku3MpCDzcTyCR/g2SuWr3iJ288Be/pWEoa6gRb+5snhMb6 nO3vcXD8Ks7mAklX04gaaQVbS/F9EJfhk/ZyyzFQ8YS3Vk6MUzz966ynuXIpaPaS FqkDn6nOGfLbRVvqxegbtbs4RaPW9VH5gf67B6jrW3PFWAyx0HR6X75Og3pXrvIs z7Bgjlxwp/xYifrcXujJS3EK8TAkMGmw75HlvPNnV4kqwUDiGSqRH5sZI62/jdXP YxGO5h8RfPdNChzit5uNWw8GutSjdZZNLfFOKlEOYoclp5rWz6uu5G+G/YB0P9rk CcveUUm1ZGnXUcO33dZUVwPZAc/JQiDUOwenTDUAkCXMuTx2VRgUk+2tgqeDtivp 6IiAWiJvQ4geckDrSxTVRjD/1rM08wvIayDcQIUXBzSWcOmDULpjRlNkMmHJ1hp7 8KPms30kZIhEUqN6akRyi1kpaErtb2kYVKwAu37Xl7GD1un+fvuLFr2ybsdqyAt8 5m2NihDc5boeWDmAbG/bcyeoBpn83dCeIu8D+j7vxd7F9thL8Xb0qzq19pw5xFUE OLR1IZ08xjF9PPutR3GI1HJH7UfRmTXwT3GdpoO5Oj/pKU1t8oRlboJlA2bcl5Jz yWJ3xS+38zNK3gWHAcUjOY56/FH5OaBHK0VC39KGpa3+d+Nwh0M= =6juQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vcnyjzn5l6zw747m--