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Re: let expression parsing broken in bash 3.1
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: let expression parsing broken in bash 3.1 |
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Wed, 14 Dec 2005 08:28:33 -0500 |
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 10:00:52PM -0500, George Sherwood wrote:
> > Description:
> > Let expression parsing appears to be broken in bash 3.1. When
> > using a simple expression such as let a=(5+3) I get this error:
> > bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
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> seems to be most assignments that involve ()
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> these fail too:
> a=() b=()
> eval foo=()
It's all one problem. There will be a patch.
Chet
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