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bug#21416: "--" syntax for ignoring flags doesn't seem to work right wit
From: |
Robert \"Finny\" Merrill |
Subject: |
bug#21416: "--" syntax for ignoring flags doesn't seem to work right with GNU /bin/echo |
Date: |
Fri, 4 Sep 2015 15:23:18 -0700 |
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 09/04/2015 01:30 PM, Robert "Finny" Merrill wrote:
> It's not "shall not be recognized [ever]", but "shall not be recognized
> in the manner [common to most utilities]. The very next phrase says
> that it "shall be recognized as a string operand".
>
> Or put another way, as a special case for the 'echo' utility, '--' shall
> be treated the same as any other argument, and always be output
> literally, rather than being recognized as the special elided
> end-of-options marker, because 'echo' does not understand options (at
> least when POSIX rules are in effect).
So then, when POSIX rules /aren't/ in effect, why not have -- work as
it usually does, since we're already breaking those rules by accepting
the --help option?
bug#21416: "--" syntax for ignoring flags doesn't seem to work right with GNU /bin/echo, Bob Proulx, 2015/09/04