bug using for i in ...

[aln00]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i386
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' 
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-pc-linux-gnu' 
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -I. 
-I/usr/include -I/home/debian/src/bash/bash-2.05 
-I/home/debian/src/bash/bash-2.05/include -I/home/debian/src/bash/bash-2.05/lib 
-I/usr/include -g -O2
uname output: Linux leda 2.2.19i #2 Mon Jun 11 22:55:44 CEST 2001 i686 unknown
Machine Type: i386-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 2.05
Patch Level: 0
Release Status: release

Description:
        Using:
 for i in list; do echo $i; done
        returns an error when the list is empty.

Repeat-By:

0-leda$ for i in  1 2 ; do echo $i; done
1
2

0-leda$ for i in  ; do echo $i; done
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;'