Re: ${var//\\*/} result depends on bash version

[Chet Ramey]

> I read it, but it is not clean for me, which item describes it.

p.  The pattern substitution coded no longer performs quote removal on the
    pattern before trying to match it, as the pattern removal functions do.

(Ignore the typo.)

> But maybe it should be documented in COMPAT, because it changes results
> of existing scripts.

Good idea.

Chet

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