On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 01:15:11PM +0100, Gerrit Pape wrote: > > > I use $(()) constructs very frequently to do shell script arithmetics. > > I usually use the form $((x+<val>)), but I've seen others use the > > $(($x+<val>)) form too. > > I'm still not sure about this, how to interpret the specification. It > only talks about $((x)), not $((x+something)).
I agree with David's interpretation. The standard has been changed to explicitly state that $((x ...) needs to be supported. I will be implementing this soon. Cheers, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
