Re: Unintended(?) change in behavior of ${#a}.

[Chet Ramey]

> Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 2.05
> Patch Level: 8
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>       [Detailed description of the problem, suggestion, or complaint.]
> The behavior of ${#a} has changed between 2.05.8 and 2.05b.0, as the
> included bash sessions show.  In 2.05.8 ${#a} expanded to the full
> length of `a', including all whitespace, as suggested by the
> documentation.  In 2.05b.0, leading whitespace is not counted, although
> trailing whitespace is.  I believe that this is an unintentional bug.
> If it is intentional, the documentation should be adapted to reflect
> the new behavior.

This is fixed by patch 4 to bash-2.05b.

ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/bash-2.05b-patches/bash205b-004

Chet

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