Re: syntax error while parsing a case command within `$(...)'

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/15/21 5:39 PM, Koichi Murase wrote:
> 2021年2月16日(火) 5:12 Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>:
> > It is unexpected, though the syntax is obscure. I'll fix it.
>
> If this is to be fixed, maybe also the following cases could be
> handled better (if the corresponding fixes are not too complicated).

At some point, maybe. They're going to be extremely low priority.

> bash -c ': $(case x in esac)'
> bash -c ': $(case x in (x) if :; then echo a; fi esac)'
> bash -c ': $(case x in (x) a() { echo a; } esac)'
> bash -c ': $(case x in (x) for ((i=0;i<10;i++)) { echo a; } esac)'

We've officially hit the point of diminishing returns.

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