Re: doesn't bash do variable subst. or quote removal on function statement

[Chet Ramey]

On 1/13/16 12:20 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:

> It doesn't seem very consistent to choose (()) over [] -- why come up with
> a special longer operator for arith eval, when [] was already used for
> arith evaluation in array indexing?

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/xrat/V4_xcu_chap02.html#tag_23_02_06_04

"In early proposals, a form $[expression] was used. It was functionally
equivalent to the "$(())" of the current text, but objections were lodged
that the 1988 KornShell had already implemented "$(())" and there was no
compelling reason to invent yet another syntax. Furthermore, the "$[]"
syntax had a minor incompatibility involving the patterns in case
statements."

Remember that Posix doesn't standardize arrays.

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