On 7/4/19 5:50 AM, Stephane Chazelas wrote:

>> Enclosing the full parameter expansion string in double-quotes
>> shall not cause the following four varieties of pattern
>> characters to be quoted, whereas quoting characters within the
>> braces shall have this effect. In each variety, if word is
>> omitted, the empty pattern shall be used.
> 
> What "following four varieties of pattern characters"?

Look at the discussion in http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=221
(well, such as it is) and the ML discussion back in 2010.

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