No brace expansion for ash?

Robert Schumann betulichergutmensch at googlemail.com
Sat Jul 9 12:45:48 UTC 2011


Hi Eric!

Am 09.07.2011 14:31, schrieb Eric Martin:
> So why is this bashism integrated in hush if it "bloats the shell" ???
>
> Yes i totally agree, but why don't integrate this bashism in
> ASH_BASH_COMPAT ?
> It doesn't bloat the shell if you don't want it.

Well, I guess you don't get the term "FOSS" right here. Complaining
about people ("it's a pity no one is interested") because they don't do,
what _you_ want, is not the key to anything. Provide a patch yourself,
if you think this would accomplish your perfect shell. All the others
don't seem to like bothering with bashisms here... neither do I. ;)

Btw. zsh expands {0..9} but it doesn't expand {A..Z}. In the future
there could be a HALF_EXPAND_BASHISM macro for zsh emulation. :D

Best regards
Robert




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