On Fri, Nov 4, 2022, 08:56 Léa Gris <lea.g...@noiraude.net> wrote: > Le 03/11/2022 à 19:50, Chet Ramey écrivait : > > The option is enabled by default. If you want to restore the previous > > behavior, add `shopt -u patsub_replacement'. > > Having it enabled by default is not good, because it introduces > side-effects for existing scripts. >
there is , imo , no sense to comply to outdated specs to not add few more of the infinite base features nevermind .. > > Shell has historically perpetuated legacy features to preserve the > function of those no-longer maintained systems and associated scripts. > > Are there enough reasons to break this trend and stop preserving > backward-compatibility with older scripts; by enabling new features that > can affect the behaviour of previous code with side-effects? > > -- > Léa Gris > >
