Re: bash tries to parse comsub in quoted PE pattern

[Chet Ramey]

On 10/18/23 10:50 AM, Chet Ramey wrote:

> > Is it really ok to break that behaviour?
>
> That's why, if you want the first problem repaired, you have to specify
> which word expansions are ok to parse and which are not. Should it be
> only command and process substitution, which can independently specify
> brace expansions? Should it be other parameter expansions, which can
> contain quoted strings and command substitutions? Neither? Both?

It looks like the answer is probably "neither."

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