The following issue has been SUBMITTED.
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https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1467
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Reported By: kre
Assigned To:
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Project: Issue 8 drafts
Issue ID: 1467
Category: Shell and Utilities
Type: Enhancement Request
Severity: Editorial
Priority: normal
Status: New
Name: Robert Elz
Organization:
User Reference:
Section: XCU 2.14 Special Built-In Utilities, "colon"
Page Number: 2316
Line Number: 75174-5
Final Accepted Text:
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Date Submitted: 2021-04-16 22:37 UTC
Last Modified: 2021-04-16 22:37 UTC
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Summary: Poor language in CHANGE HISTORY entry for Issue 8
for ':' command (defect 1272) changes.
Description:
The CHANGE HISTORY added to the colon special built-in shell command
includes the words:
the null utility does not expand its arguments,
This was added because the earlier description of the command said:
This utility shall only expand command arguments.
which was incorrect, the shell does the arg expanding, the utility
does nothing at all with its arguments.
Please note that (by request) this bug is being submitted against
Issue 8, draft 1.1 (and the page and line numbers reflect that) but
bug 1272 (which caused this section to be inserted) is tagged for
Issue7-tc3
so if there ever is a tc3 for issue 7 (I know, not currently planned,
but...)
this bug should be handled when the CHANGE HISTORY for this issue is
modified from Issue 8 to whatever it will be in that case.
However the choice of words "does not expand" could be misinterpreted to
indicate that the shell should also not expand the arguments to this
utility.
That is not what is intended.
Desired Action:
Change the clause (which spans lines 75174 and 75175) from
the null utility does not expand its arguments,
to
the null utility does not process its arguments,
which reinforces the args being ignored, which they are, while not
suggesting that the args would not be expanded before the utility is
invoked.
Other wording which avoids the suggestion that the args do not get
expanded would be fine.
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Issue History
Date Modified Username Field Change
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2021-04-16 22:37 kre New Issue
2021-04-16 22:37 kre Name => Robert Elz
2021-04-16 22:37 kre Section => XCU 2.14 Special
Built-In Utilities, "colon"
2021-04-16 22:37 kre Page Number => 2316
2021-04-16 22:37 kre Line Number => 75174-5
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