allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) (12/06/85)
Expires: Quoted from <1453@lumiere.UUCP> ["Re: Bourne shell modifications, past and future"], by davest@lumiere.UUCP (Dave Stewart)... +--------------- | I think most people who have both aliases and functions available | use aliases as command-name macros and shell functions like programming | language functions. Well, the analogy isn't perfect, since one also | has shell scripts to act as "functions", but I believe the concept is | transferable. Do I want to chuck out macros because I have functions | available? Heck no. +--------------- The analogy you want is: Shell C ------------ ------------ alias hi=echo "hello, $1" #define hi(who) printf("hello, %s\n", who) function hi { hi(who) echo "hello, $1" char *who; { } printf("hello, %s\n", who); } cat > hi; chmod +x hi if (fork()) echo "hello, $1" wait(0); ^D else execlp("hi", "hi", who, 0); Take your pick. As usual, each has advantages and disadvantages. I don't think cpp macros will soon disappear. . . --Brandon -- Lord Charteris (thurb) ncoast!allbery@Case.CSNet (ncoast!allbery%Case.CSNet@CSNet-Relay.ARPA) ..decvax!cwruecmp!ncoast!allbery (..ncoast!tdi2!root for business) 6615 Center St., Mentor, OH 44060 (I moved) --Phone: +01 216 974 9210 CIS 74106,1032 -- MCI MAIL BALLBERY (WARNING: I am only a part-time denizen...)