Re: incorrect brace expansion when using default values

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On 2006-09-06, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:
>
>> Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>> this little bit of code doesnt work right:
>>> foo() { echo "${1:-a{b,c}}" ; }

   The first '}' is interpreted as the end of the parameter expansion.

>>
>> Brace expansion happens before parameter expansion (man bash,
>> EXPANSION).
>
> Brace expansion doesn't come into play here, because the braces are
> quoted.

   Quote them, and they do expand:

$ foo() { echo "${1:-"a{b,c}"}" ; }
$ foo
ab ac

   However, there is a problem:

$ foo 1
1 1

   Where is the second '1' coming from?

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