Jan Schmidt wrote:
> Bash Version: 3.1
> Patch Level: 16
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> Inline comments worked in earlier versions of bash (e.g. 3.0).
> They seem to cause errors, now. I could not find any comment on this in
> the changelog.
>
> Repeat-By:
> use "$( #comment )" in a bash script to generate an inline comment.
> this will cause the "unexpected EOF while looking for matching
> `)'" error.
That should be an error. A comment introduced by `#' extends to the
end of the line. In your example, it obscures the `)'. This was an
error in versions of bash preceding 3.1.
This changed between bash-3.1-alpha and bash-3.1-beta and was noted in
CHANGES.
Chet
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