Re: select syntax violates the POLA

[Greywolf]

On 4/1/2021 8:57, Chet Ramey wrote:
Yes, you need a list terminator so that `done' is recognized as a reserved
word here. `;' is sufficient. Select doesn't allow the `done' unless it's
in a command position. Some of the other compound commands have special
cases, mostly inherited from the Bourne shell, to allow it.

I don't know that I'd call them "special cases" if sh has pretty much 
condoned it from the get-go; 'select' is the outlier, from my POV.

                                        --*greywolf;