On Sep 17 2024, BRUCE FOWLER via Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell wrote:
> of C-language compatibility. I could use the [base#]n form > but that gets awkward. Why is that awkward? It's a general solution to a general problem, and does not require any new features. > Even the venerable BASH shell still has room for modernization > and improvement. Thank you for your interest and consideration. How is $((10#${data_line:12:2})) not modern? -- Andreas Schwab, SUSE Labs, sch...@suse.de GPG Key fingerprint = 0196 BAD8 1CE9 1970 F4BE 1748 E4D4 88E3 0EEA B9D7 "And now for something completely different."