[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/1] hush: provide help for 'if', 'for', and 'while'

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Fri Mar 29 12:11:31 UTC 2019


Dear Heinrich,

In message <20190329113408.2168-1-xypron.glpk at gmx.de> you wrote:
> Provide online help for hush commands 'if', 'for', and 'while'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>

Why for these, and not for the rest of the shell syntax?

This does not make sense to me.  Shell syntax is way more complex
than you can explain here.  In the end, you are just adding to the
memory footprint for minimal (or no) advantage.

I'm against adding this.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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