On 8/31/23 13:31, Eric Blake wrote: > POSIX Issue 8 will be obsoleting %b (escape sequence interpolation) so > that future Issue 9 can change to having %b (binary literal output) > that aligns with C2x.
I.E. you sent an RFC to that effect to the posix list earlier today, and so far the only reply on the posix list was the bash maintainer, who said "I doubt I'd ever remove %b, even in posix mode -- it's already been there for 25 years." Rob