Re: syntax error while parsing a case command within `$(...)'

[Robert Elz]

    Date:        Thu, 18 Feb 2021 01:34:59 +0800
    From:        Koichi Murase <myoga.murase@gmail.com>
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  | ever written a shell parser?

From scratch, no, but I maintain one.

With all the details....

It isn't all that hard, but isn't trivial
either, and amounts to quite a bit of code
(and parsing all the bash extensions the
way it does would make it harder and bigger)

Like everything, it becomes a cost/benefit
tradeoff, are the costs worth the benefits?

That one is not for me (or you) to answer.

kre

ps:  I am sure Chet will confirm that I am not
shy about pointing out bash bugs/defects that
shoukd be fixed when I come accross one.