On 2021-06-25 12:11, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > | A variable may be assigned to by a statement of the form > > | name=[value] > > | [...] > > | Word splitting is not performed, with the exception of "$@" as > > | explained below. > > This isn't the full sentence in the current man page. In the bash 5.1 > man page, it says: > > Word splitting is not > performed, with the exception of "$@" as explained below under Special > Parameters.
Ok, so I quoted the web version which is slightly out of date, but the meaning of "below" was already clear to me. I linked to that part in my previous message. I repeat for the 3rd time: the part under Special Parameters is already clear to me and I see no problem with it. The part I have a problem with is `with the exception of "$@"'. Try to follow my reasoning and tell me where our point of divergence is: (This is all in the context of `name=[value]'.) - doc: "word splitting is not performed, with the exception of "$@" [...]" therefore - in case of "$@" (as an exception), word splitting *is* performed therefore - the behavior of var="$@" should be the one described under Special Parameters when word splitting *is* performed - but the behavior of var="$@" is actually the one described under Special Parameters when word splitting is *not* performed therefore - even for "$@", word splitting is *not* performed therefore - there is no exception: word splitting is *not* performed, period. > If Chet feels that a change is needed here, I would remove the "with > the exception of" clause entirely. Just say "Word splitting is not > performed." This is what I've been proposing from the start. Because "with the exception of" makes it logically incorrect.
