On Thu, 2 Apr 2026, 09:22 Invert Ignas, <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: ignas > To: [email protected] > Subject: BUG: Brace expansions do not support any type of variable. > Labelling this as a "bug" is misleading, as the existing behaviour is exactly as described in the man page and info documentation. Moreover POSIX does not require the behaviour you describe. Arguably this is a missing enhancement, but not one that can be added without breaking backwards compatibility, especially: $ declare aa=2 ab=3 ac=5 ad=7 a{e..g}=x $ echo $a{a..g} // $BASH_VERSION 2 3 5 7 x x x // 5.3.0(14)-maint -Martin >
