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> (0003976) chet_ramey (reporter) - 2018-04-20 13:30
> http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1191#c3976
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> Why would brace expansion not be allowed by the standard? `{' is a reserved
> word, not an operator, and does not qualify as a reserved word when used in
> a brace expansion context.
Exactly. In:
echo {1,2}
the { is not recognised as a reserved word, and the standard does not
say that this use of { is, or is allowed to be, in any other way special.
Therefore it is an ordinary character and must be treated as such.
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Geoff Clare <[email protected]>
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