On 6/27/15 3:48 PM, Nathan Neulinger wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 39
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
>
> If $() includes a case statement nested within it, the parser is
> not matching ) as closing the case,
> but rather the $(. This behavior is different between bash and
> other shells. ksh/busybox
> both process this without error, but I do not know which is
> officially "correct".
Thanks for the report. This is a bug in bash that will be fixed in the
next version. I have attached a patch for people to test.
Chet
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*** ../bash-4.3-patched/parse.y 2015-05-18 19:27:05.000000000 -0400
--- parse.y 2015-06-29 10:59:27.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 3709,3712 ****
--- 3748,3753 ----
tflags |= LEX_INWORD;
lex_wlen = 0;
+ if (tflags & LEX_RESWDOK)
+ lex_rwlen = 0;
}
}
