2018-04-17 15:02:17 +0100, Geoff Clare: [...] > I don't think bug 985 is the right place to raise this. If you want > to pursue it please create a separate bug. > > Personally I am very strongly opposed to allowing this behaviour in > the standard. [...]
I strongly agree. I just checked the original Bourne shell implementation in V7 and it was already the case (and not documented there either). Note that I just found out about it by accident, I wonder if anybody has ever been aware of it. Joerg, were you aware of it? -- Stephane
