On Sun, Sep 7, 2025, at 12:10 AM, Eric Pruitt wrote: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 03:12:42PM -0400, Chet Ramey wrote: >> If a feature is never documented or officially announced (e.g., in NEWS, >> or in a release announcement), why would a typical user assume it's >> available at all? >> >> I personally think that's an absurd notion. Features deprecated on release? >> Why would you think the feature is available when it's not documented or >> announced? > > I've never read the Bash documentation cover-to-cover. I've been using > "^^" and ",," for years without being aware they were undocumented > because I had seen them used elsewhere, and it never crossed my mind > that they might be undocumented.
They are not undocumented. This discussion was initially about "~" and "~~", which have never been documented. -- vq
