Re: RFE: request for quotes as grouping operators to work in brackets as elsewhere.

[Chet Ramey]

On 9/17/10 8:36 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:

> t='one two three'
> a='one two three'
> 1) if [[ $t == $a ]]; then echo 'Matches'; fi
> 2) if [[ $t == "$a" ]]; then echo 'Matches'; fi examples.
> 
> The above does match.  the pattern in $a matches the pattern
> in $t whether it is in quotes or not.
> 
> But with =~ it is different:
> t='one two three'
> a='one t.. three'
> 3) if [[ $t =~ $a ]]; then echo 'Matches'; fi
> 4) if [[ $t =~ "$a" ]]; then echo 'SHOULD Match'; else echo 'BUG, double
> quotes disable match'; fi
> 
> They don't behave the same.

I can't understand why you think the two values of `a' are equivalent.
Since they're not equivalent, how can you claim the behaviors should
be identical?

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