Re: while loop with extdebug + debug trap always returning 1

[Martijn Dekker]

Op 04-04-17 om 11:41 schreef nesro:
> # run an empty for cycle. we can see from the output that bash ran :, then
> # false and stopped to it. which is the right behavior
> for (( :; false; )); do :; done

This is a syntax error. 'for' takes arithmetic expressions, not shell
commands.

> # now run this while cycle. it just cycle the debug trap forever
> while false; do :; done

The 'false' command is never executed so never has the chance to return
an exit status of "false" (1).

- M.