William Park wrote: >> side note, this also fails: >> $ echo {a}{b,c} >> {a}{b,c} >> -mike > > But, > echo {b,c}{x} > prints the correct result, > b{x} c{x} > > Well, gentlemen, we've found a bug. Anyone sending in a patch? I don't > use multiple braces that often, so it doesn't bother me. :-)
Don't bother, I already fixed it. When I fixed the problems with braces that don't begin a valid brace expansion sequence, it was easy to change the behavior you're arguing about. The old csh-compatible behavior will be available with a #define. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet ) Live Strong. Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/ _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash