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According to Eric Blake on 12/28/2005 12:00 PM:
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> My results: bash 3.1, with or without patch 1, still has
> the bug.
>
> $ k=$(case x in x) echo hi; esac)
> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `esac'
While we are co
Eric Blake in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> several platforms, including Solaris' /bin/sh, still do not
> parse ( in case patterns even today, so it is certainly
> not portable if you don't have access to a POSIX shell.
Even if they parsed it, it wouldn't be portable,
because no traditional Bourne shell
> Eric> $ k=$(case x in (x) :; esac)
> Huh, they only taught us ) in school.
> Is () since Bell Labs days too?
POSIX requires shells to support case x in (x), but older
bourne shells do not support this newer syntax. That is
probably why you were not taught it; if I understand
corre
> I have confirmed that
> it still exists in bash-3.1-beta1, but have not yet tested
> if bash 3.1 final patchlevel 1 has fixed the bug.
My results: bash 3.1, with or without patch 1, still has
the bug.
$ k=$(case x in x) echo hi; esac)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `esa
> However, who is it that is too hungry for the next ")"?:
> $ k=$(case x in x) :;; esac)
> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;;'
> $ k=$(case x in x) :; esac)
> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `esac'
> $ k=`case x in x) :; esac`
I beli
The man page berates old-timers:
When the old-style backquote form of substitution is used...
However, who is it that is too hungry for the next ")"?:
$ k=$(case x in x) :;; esac)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;;'
$ k=$(case x in x) :; esac)
bash: syntax error
