Richard Neill wrote: > b)Consistent with other cases, where bash does give warnings. For example: > > $ X=$((3+078)) > bash: 3+078: value too great for base (error token is "078") > $ echo $? > 1
That is not really a comparable case. The problem there is that the leading zero specifies an octal constant and the 8 cannot be converted to octal. The "3+" part is just a distraction. echo $((08)) bash: 08: value too great for base (error token is "08") Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
