Johannes Sixt [off-list ref] writes:
Am 5/9/2011 6:40, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
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Johannes Sixt [off-list ref] writes:
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- The behavior of quoting at the right of :- when the ${...:-...} exansion
appears in double-quotes was debated recently at length at the Austin
group (which revises the POSIX standard). You better move the expansions
to assignments of temporary variables,...
What alternative semantics do Austin folks have in mind, by the way? Just
declare this undefined?
Most of the debate centered around how to quote a closing brace: the
Thanks for a summary.
Looks good otherwise; I tested this with various shells, and there were no
surprises.
Thanks, will amend.