On 2/19/08, Martin Sebor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Travis Vitek wrote:
> > sebor-2 wrote:
> >> + // weirdly-formed brace expansions -- fixed in post-bash-3.1
> >> + TEST ("a-{b{d,e}}-c", "a-{bd}-c a-{be}-c");
> >>
> >
> > I don't understand how this could be interpreted as valid brace expansion
> at
> > all. The body of the expansion is '{b{d,e}}'. Paragraph 5 [and paragraph 1
> > for that matter] require a correctly-formed brace expansion have unquoted
> > [unescaped?] opening and closing braces, and at least one unquoted comma or
> > a valid sequence expression. The body does not meet either of these
> > requirements, so it must be invalid.
> >
The C-Shell that had brace expansion long before Bash did outputs
a-bd-c a-be-c as Martin expects. It doesn't require a comma at all.
> >
> >
> > sebor-2 wrote:
> >> + TEST ("a-{bdef-{g,i}-c", "a-{bdef-g-c a-{bdef-i-c");
> >>
> >
> > Again, this does not seem correct according to the requirements of
> paragraph
> > 5 [and 1].
The C-Shell complains about a missing brace in this expression.
-- Mark
