Date: Sun, 05 Mar 2000 09:35:39 -0800 From: W Gerald Hicks <jhix@mindspring.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: empty lists in for Message-ID: <20000305093539F.jhix@mindspring.com> In-Reply-To: <57223.952177003@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002212205230.36736-100000@iclub.nsu.ru> <57223.952177003@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>
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> > bash and ksh complain about unexpected ';'. > > /bin/sh (FreeBSD) thinks it's ok and does nothing. > > Which behaviour is more POSIXly correct? > > Neither bash nor ksh claim to be particularly POSIX compliant. our > /bin/sh does. I seem to remember POSIX being ambiguous on this one, but > my books are at the office. If you haven't gotten a more conclusive > answer by Monday, mail me and I'll look it up. I much prefer the current behavior and believe there may be many things which depend on it. Cheers, Jerry Hicks jhix@mindspring.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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