Re: Bash-5.2-rc3 available

2022-08-31 Thread Kerin Millar
On Wed, 31 Aug 2022 10:55:58 -0400 Chet Ramey wrote: > On 8/29/22 12:28 PM, Kerin Millar wrote: > > >>> For extglob to be arbitrarily enabled in either context is unexpected > >>> (and undesirable). > >> > >> The conditional command behavior is compatible with ksh93, and has been > >> this way

Re: Bash-5.2-rc3 available

2022-08-31 Thread Chet Ramey
On 8/29/22 12:28 PM, Kerin Millar wrote: For extglob to be arbitrarily enabled in either context is unexpected (and undesirable). The conditional command behavior is compatible with ksh93, and has been this way for nearly twenty years. It's documented to behave that way. One would think peopl

Re: Bash-5.2-rc3 available

2022-08-29 Thread Kerin Millar
On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:53:39 -0400 Chet Ramey wrote: > On 8/26/22 9:29 PM, Kerin Millar wrote: > > Hi Chet, > > > > On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 14:28:00 -0400 > > Chet Ramey wrote: > > > >> 1. Changes to Bash > >> > >> a. Added a compatibility mode feature that causes the parser to parse > >> command

Re: Bash-5.2-rc3 available

2022-08-29 Thread Chet Ramey
On 8/26/22 9:29 PM, Kerin Millar wrote: Hi Chet, On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 14:28:00 -0400 Chet Ramey wrote: 1. Changes to Bash a. Added a compatibility mode feature that causes the parser to parse command substitutions as if extglob were enabled. If it is enabled before execution, parse at

Re: Bash-5.2-rc3 available

2022-08-26 Thread Kerin Millar
Hi Chet, On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 14:28:00 -0400 Chet Ramey wrote: > 1. Changes to Bash > > a. Added a compatibility mode feature that causes the parser to parse command >substitutions as if extglob were enabled. If it is enabled before > execution, >parse at execution will succeed. If not,