strange 'delayed' aliases

[Jonathan Claggett]

Hi all,

I'm not sure if this is a bug or not but it certainly caught me by surprise.
I accidentally created an alias ending with a backslash and a newline today
and the resulting alias proceeded to grab the text on the line _after_ I ran
it. For example:

*$* echo $BASH_VERSION
4.0.33(1)-release
*$* alias x='echo \
*>* '
*$* x
*$* Hello, World!
Hello, World!
**
Is this delayed response expected?

Regards,
Jonathan