On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 01:51:31AM -0400, Clint Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was
heard to say:
> > More seriously, does anyone know what POSIX says should happen here?
> > I've Cced the bash and ash maintainers in case they have suggestions.
>
> POSIX says that it should work. File bugs.
I just checked, and I don't need to; see #86397. I wouldn't hold my
breath waiting for it to get fixed, though.
Here's what the upstream said:
<quote>
This is a hard problem to fix. I've looked at various ways to do so, and
it gets very messy when you've got a yacc-based parser.
POSIX.2 noted this situation, and added an optional `(' before the
case pattern, so the parens match. Since most posix-like shells
support it, that is the syntax I recommend.
</quote>
Daniel
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