[Info-vax] Logical names, was: Re: Command Procedure Pipe output to a variable

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2021-10-11 17:55:10 +0000, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply said:

> In article <sk1tk3$v53$4 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley 
> <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
> 
>>> $ define strict_behaviour true,"just testing"
>>> $ sh log strict_behaviour
>>> "STRICT_BEHAVIOUR" = "TRUE" (LNM$PROCESS_TABLE)
>>> = "just testing"
>> 
>> Yuck, yuck, yuck!!! (And a seriously broken approach IMHO).
> 
> Seriously, what's wrong with it?  If I want a comment about a logical 
> name, having SHOW LOGICAL spit it out is very convenient.  Any 
> application testing a logical name normally picks up the first 
> translation (exception is a directory search list).  Even if further 
> translations are used, the comment could be in the last one.

It does encapsulate a perfect example of the OpenVMS app design esthetic.


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