On 10/21/24 10:13 AM, Robert Elz wrote:
| The word splitting section wasn't quite
| as rigorous as the current version's, but it referenced this definition.
Actually, it didn't, which was one of that section's many problems.
What it said was
The term ``IFS white space'' is used
Date:Fri, 18 Oct 2024 16:28:06 -0400
From:Chet Ramey
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| At the time (previous edition of the standard), POSIX defined whitespace
| as "In the POSIX locale, white space consists of one or more (
| and characters), , , ,
| and characters."
Yes,
On 10/17/24 10:33 PM, Robert Elz wrote:
Date:Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:44:59 -0400
From:Greg Wooledge
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| Between bash 4.4 and 5.0, the definition of "IFS whitespace" has apparently
| been expanded:
Not going to comment on bash, or its manual, specifi
On 10/17/24 6:44 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
This issue came up on the Libera #bash IRC channel today:
Between bash 4.4 and 5.0, the definition of "IFS whitespace" has apparently
been expanded:
POSIX defines whitespace as a character in the current locale's `space'
character class, or a byte for
Date:Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:44:59 -0400
From:Greg Wooledge
Message-ID:
| Between bash 4.4 and 5.0, the definition of "IFS whitespace" has apparently
| been expanded:
Not going to comment on bash, or its manual, specifically, but the
standard allows anything that th
