Re: inconsistent handling of closing brace inside no-fork command substitution

[Martin Schulte]

Hello Oğuz!

> See:
> 
>     $ ${ case } in }) echo uname; esac }
>     Linux
>     $ ${ case }x in }x) echo uname; esac }
>     bash: command substitution: line 25: syntax error near unexpected token 
> `x'
>     bash: command substitution: line 25: `    }x)'
>     $ ${ case }x in \}x) echo uname; esac }
>     Linux

I couldn't reproduce this with neither 5.1.4 nor 5.2.15 - in both cases

${ case } in }) echo uname; esac }

results in

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `)'

Any help appreciated!

Thanks,

Martin