On Sat, Jul 12, 2025, at 8:51 PM, Robert Elz wrote: > Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 18:52:55 -0400 > From: Zachary Santer <zsan...@gmail.com> > Message-ID: > <CABkLJUJHD6YsMSFhUiJzw6xp_hUt7T8B==knjzyz1rfljjx...@mail.gmail.com> > > | Same applies to parameter expansion syntax errors. > > The NetBSD shell used to do that (and POSIX even allows it), but > it turns out to be a poor choice, and we (or I if you like) changed > it recently (in shell lifetime terms, may be a year or a bit more > ago now, I forget).
I looked this up, out of curiosity. For those who might be interested: https://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/bin/sh/parser.c?r1=1.184#rev1.184 https://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/bin/sh/parser.h?r1=1.30#rev1.30 -- vq
