Re: excess braces ignored: bug or feature ?

[Davide Baldini]

On 02/17/12 20:51, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> FOO= BAR=bar
> : ${FOO:=${BAR}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
> echo $FOO

Why should this be a bug? Your second line performs a parameter
expansion, all the remaining characters are joint into the token and
passed to ':'.
No bug.