Re: $() does not handle nesting with case - parser precedence?

[Chet Ramey]

On 6/27/15 3:48 PM, Nathan Neulinger wrote:

> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 39
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
> 
>         If $() includes a case statement nested within it, the parser is
> not matching ) as closing the case,
>         but rather the $(. This behavior is different between bash and
> other shells. ksh/busybox
>         both process this without error, but I do not know which is
> officially "correct".

Thanks for the report.  This is a bug in bash that will be fixed in the
next version.  I have attached a patch for people to test.

Chet

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