> On Oct 13, 2020, at 4:42 PM, Martin Schulte <g...@schrader-schulte.de> wrote: > > Hi Chet, hi all! > >> In general, variable expansion errors cause posix-mode shells to exit and >> bash default mode shells to abort execution of the current command and >> return to the top level, whether that is the command line or the next >> command in the script. This aborts lists and other compound commands. >> Bash has always behaved this way. >> >> However, invalid parameter transformation operators are not considered >> fatal errors, even in posix mode. Maybe they should be. > > Yes, please :-) > > Or no error at all.
Why should invalid parameter transformation operators be treated differently from other invalid parameter expansions? vq
