Re: grammar error: 'case' inside $( ... ) collect

[Chet Ramey]

> Machine Type: i586-pc-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 2.05
> Patch Level: 0
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
> Using "case ... esac" inside a $( ... ) collect does not work
> because bash-2.05 interprets the ')' of the first 'case' pattern
> as the closing parenthesis of the $( ... ) collect.
> The shell's parsing is incorrect.

This is very hard to do with a yacc-based parser.  That's why bash
(and POSIX.2) allow a leading paren before a case pattern list -- so
the parens match.

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