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> Personally, I think Result types make a lot of sense -- a program either succeeds with some output, or fails with an explanation of why Usually, this is what

> Personally, I think Result types make a lot of sense -- a program either succeeds with some output, or fails with an explanation of why Usually, this is what happens. Usually, the error-signalling return is accompanied by a message (posted to stderr). > By default, pipes stop piping if one command fails set -o pipefail

toastal 6y ago
pipefail is not available to POSIX shells like dash
- roryrjb 6y ago
  set -o pipefail is now part of POSIX[0] and I believe as soon as someone posts a patch to dash to implement it, it will get included[1]. [0]. https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=789 https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=789 [1]. https://lore.kernel.org/linux-dash/20200701015226.GA6839@gondor.apana.org.au/T/#t https://lore.kernel.org/linux-dash/20200701015226.GA6839@gon...
  - toastal 6y ago
    This is great! Thanks for posting it.