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  Re: Preventing Bash Variable Confusion Roger <rogerx.oss@gmail.com> - 2020-01-30 14:41 -0500

#15857 — Re: Preventing Bash Variable Confusion

>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.

Not so much with underscore prefix, however I'll try learning.

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Roger
http://rogerx.sdf.org/

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