Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But the RATIONALE (XCU line 35443) states that "The ! operator has higher > precedence than the -a operator, and the -a operator has higher precedence > than the -o operator." Therefore, when -a is defined as a unary operator, > an XSI compliant test is required to return failure for "test ! -a file" > if file exists. Bash got this wrong, so indeed it is a bug.
No, I think that quote only says that this: ! 1 -a 2 is the same as this: ( ! 1 ) -a 2 and not this: ! ( 1 -a 2 ) It doesn't give us any guidance for deciding whether ! is an operator or operand in any particular case. paul _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
