On 12/29/15 10:40 PM, mart...@inlv.org wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 42
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> The substitution ${1+"$@"} should resolve to "$@" if there is at
> least one parameter -- i.e. one word per parameter. This works fine
> if IFS contains any character or is unset. If IFS is empty, it
> instead resolves to the equivalent of "$*", i.e. a single word
> concatenating all the parameters without a separator. IFS should
> not influence the behaviour of "$@" under any circumstances.
Yes, thanks for the report. This was `re-clarified' in a Posix group
discussion in October 2014 concerning how "$@" should be expanded in
various contexts, including those where field splitting would not be
performed. It will be fixed for the next bash release.
Chet
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