Re: Arithmetic evaluation of negative numbers with base prefix

[Chet Ramey]

On 6/18/19 1:52 AM, Ilkka Virta wrote:

> I still wish this could be fixed to do the useful thing without any
> workarounds, given it's what ksh and zsh do

I'm surprised people keep saying this.

$ ksh93 -c 'echo ${.sh.version}'
Version ABIJM 93v- 2014-09-29
$ ksh93 -c 'echo $(( 10# ))'
ksh93:  10# : arithmetic syntax error
$ ksh93 -c 'echo $(( 10#-4 ))'
ksh93:  10#-4 : arithmetic syntax error


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