On 12/10/23 12:12 AM, Martin D Kealey wrote:
And sometimes Bash isn't the thing that needs fixing. Maybe the manual needs to be clearer that "#" is not an "operator" like "+" or "/" but rather part of an unsigned integer constant (and that "-" is NOT part of such a constant).
That syntax is documented as part of the description of an integer
constant. The `+' or `-' operators aren't mentioned anywhere in that
description. `#' not listed in the table of arithmetic operators. The
`base#' is described as optional, while the `n' following it is not. How
much clearer do you want it to be?
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