On 11/15/17 5:13 AM, Stephane Chazelas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> $ bash -c 'for ((i = 0; $(echo 0); i++)); do echo x; done'
>
> (OK)
>
> $ bash -c 'for ((i = 0; ${x-`echo 0`}; i++)); do echo x; done'
>
> (OK)
>
> $ bash -c 'for ((i = 0; ${x-$(echo 0)}; i++)); do echo x; done'
> bash: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
> bash: -c: line 0: `for ((i = 0; ${x-$(echo 0)}; i++)); do echo x; done'
>
> It's the same for ${x#$(echo 0)}.
This was fixed in the devel branch at the end of April, 2017.
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