a=if; $a true; then ...

[Dan Jacobson]

Let's say that bash magically started supporting this style of call
for builtins, just as it works fine for non builtins:

$ a='if true;then echo ooo;fi' b=who
$ $a
bash: if: command not found
$ eval $a
ooo
$ $b
jidanni  pts/4        Jul  8 15:41 (:0)

instead of giving the error.  Would such support violate any standards?
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