A NOTE has been added to this issue. ====================================================================== https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1630 ====================================================================== Reported By: mirabilos Assigned To: ====================================================================== Project: 1003.1(2016/18)/Issue7+TC2 Issue ID: 1630 Category: Base Definitions Type: Clarification Requested Severity: Objection Priority: normal Status: New Name: mirabilos Organization: mksh User Reference: Section: 3.10 Page Number: (page or range of pages) Line Number: (Line or range of lines) Interp Status: --- Final Accepted Text: ====================================================================== Date Submitted: 2023-01-20 21:39 UTC Last Modified: 2023-02-13 17:19 UTC ====================================================================== Summary: Alias names ====================================================================== Relationships ID Summary ---------------------------------------------------------------------- related to 0001050 Add support for the hyphen character in... ======================================================================
---------------------------------------------------------------------- (0006149) geoffclare (manager) - 2023-02-13 17:19 https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1630#c6149 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This was discussed in the Feb 13, 2023 teleconference. For filenames, POSIX says in XBD 4.8 (or 4.9 in D2.1):<blockquote>Applications should avoid using filenames that have the <hyphen-minus> character as the first character since this may cause problems when filenames are passed as command line arguments.</blockquote> We are leaning towards adopting a similar solution for alias names, but would like to know more about the problems that alias names beginning with <hyphen-minus> caused for mksh. All we have to go on at the moment is the vague mention in the description, "there were problems and ambiguities stemming from them (mostly wrt. options)". We note that shells other than mksh do not seem to have problems in this area. Issue History Date Modified Username Field Change ====================================================================== 2023-01-20 21:39 mirabilos New Issue 2023-01-20 21:39 mirabilos Name => mirabilos 2023-01-20 21:39 mirabilos Organization => mksh 2023-01-20 21:39 mirabilos URL => https://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1050 2023-01-20 21:39 mirabilos Section => 3.10 2023-01-20 22:30 kre Note Added: 0006122 2023-01-20 22:36 kre Note Added: 0006123 2023-01-20 22:38 kre Note Edited: 0006123 2023-02-09 17:08 nick Relationship added related to 0001050 2023-02-09 17:09 geoffclare Project Online Pubs => 1003.1(2016/18)/Issue7+TC2 2023-02-13 17:19 geoffclare Note Added: 0006149 ======================================================================
