Re: Intriguing error with arithmetic evaluation

[Greg Wooledge]

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 09:16:50AM -0700, L. A. Walsh wrote:
> Perhaps you can explain why bash's "normal mode" had to change?

I don't have a "why", but I do note this on

http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/105/Answers

See the answer for "Exercise 2".

I repeat, because it needs to be repeated every day for all of eternity,
you should not use set -e.  Just stop.