never seen, and i never coproc uppercase
i suspect your bc is a half complex alias
On Fri, Nov 12, 2021, 15:29 <g...@as.lan> wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS: -O2 -Wall -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector-strong
> -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection
> -Werror=return-type -flto=auto -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -DRECYCLES_PIDS -Wall -g
> -Wuninitialized -Wextra -Wno-switch-enum -Wno-unused-variable
> -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-parentheses -ftree-loop-linear -pipe
> -DBNC382214=0 -DIMPORT_FUNCTIONS_DEF=0
> uname output: Linux as.lan 5.14.14-1-default #1 SMP Thu Oct 21 05:05:03
> UTC 2021 (2b5383f) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: x86_64-suse-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 5.1
> Patch Level: 8
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> coproc gives a syntax error if I try to use it with a lower case
> variable name and a compound command:
> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `}'
> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
>
>
> Repeat-By:
> coproc bc { bc; }
> coproc bc (bc)
>
>
