On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 14:03:52 +0100
Ulrich Mueller <[email protected]> wrote:
> It may be little known, but strictly speaking, hyphens in bash
> identifiers are illegal:
>
> `name'
> A `word' consisting solely of letters, numbers, and underscores,
> and beginning with a letter or underscore. `Name's are used as
> shell variable and function names. Also referred to as an
> `identifier'.
That looks wrong for all kinds of reasons and it is directly
contradicted in the same document and in the source code.
But we digress... :)
Regards,
jer
