On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 01:05:59PM -0400, Chet Ramey wrote: > Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 13:05:59 -0400 > From: Chet Ramey <chet.ra...@case.edu> > To: Mike Jonkmans <bash...@jonkmans.nl>, bug-bash@gnu.org, > b...@packages.debian.org > Cc: chet.ra...@case.edu > Subject: Re: BASH_ALIASES assignment allow special characters > Reply-To: chet.ra...@case.edu > > On 5/27/18 4:20 AM, Mike Jonkmans wrote: > > > Bash Version: 4.4 > > Patch Level: 19 > > Release Status: release > > > > Description: > > The special array BASH_ALIAS allows assignment/creation of aliases with > > special characters in it. > > Though these characters would error when used in an alias statement. > > Thanks for the report. I suppose it's better to report an error on > assignment instead of simply never allowing the alias `name' to be used. > > -- > ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer > ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates > Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU c...@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
Indeed, an immediate error upon assignment is less confusing. Regards, -- Mike Jonkmans <bash...@jonkmans.nl>
