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 <[email protected]> > To: Mike Jonkmans <[email protected]>, [email protected], > [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: BASH_ALIASES assignment allow special characters > Reply-To: [email protected] > > 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 [email protected] http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
Indeed, an immediate error upon assignment is less confusing. Regards, -- Mike Jonkmans <[email protected]>
