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Re: Rational Range Interpretation for bash-5.0?
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Bob Proulx |
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Re: Rational Range Interpretation for bash-5.0? |
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Mon, 6 Aug 2018 15:12:51 -0600 |
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Chet Ramey wrote:
> Hi. I am considering making bash glob expansion implement rational range
> interpretation starting with bash-5.0 -- basically making globasciiranges
> the default. It looks like glibc is going to do this for version 2.28 (at
> least for a-z, A-Z, and 0-9), and other GNU utilities have done it for some
> time. What do folks think?
I think the non-rational ranges in libc were a terrible idea that we
have all been suffering with over the last decade plus.
Bob