W Gerald Hicks wrote:
> Even though it's my preferred shell, I certainly wouldn't say
> that Bash is any sort of standard, certainly not in the POSIX
> sense.
Well, one of Chet's stated goals is to be as POSIX as possible. I agree
that letting the standard speak for itself is a better idea, I was just
giving a perspective.
> Imagine processing a possibly empty list constructed from a
> 'make' expansion... Without this behavior one would have to
> code a guard of some sort around the 'for' construct.
John Polstra already pointed this out, and Bash handles this like you
would expect. There is a difference between expanding an empty list and
trying to expand a list that isn't there.
Doug
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