Machine: x86_64
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='unknown' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/local/share/locale'
-DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I./inclu
On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 06:10:30PM +0530, Inian Vasanth wrote:
> The behavior of arithmetic context operator $((..)) inside [[..]] is not so
> well defined.
It's simply a substitution. The $(( )) is evaluated, and the result
is placed into the [[ ]] command as a word.
> The downside is the opera
Thanks Greg for the explanation. Yes your explanation aligns with my
understanding too.
My recommendation was to check if this behavior needs to be documented as a
side-note in this section of
http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/bash/manual/bash.html#Bash-Conditional-Expressions
to
explain
On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 8:36 PM Inian Vasanth wrote:
>
> Thanks Greg for the explanation. Yes your explanation aligns with my
> understanding too.
>
> My recommendation was to check if this behavior needs to be documented as a
> side-note in this section of
> http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts
On 5/19/20 1:34 PM, Inian Vasanth wrote:
> Thanks Greg for the explanation. Yes your explanation aligns with my
> understanding too.
>
> My recommendation was to check if this behavior needs to be documented as a
> side-note in this section of
> http://www.gnu.org/savannah-checkouts/gnu/bash/manu
