No brace expansion for ash?

[Chris Rees]

On 9 July 2011 16:54, Eric Martin <eric.martin at gmx.net> wrote:
> Hello Robert,
>
>> 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.
>
> Perhaps my english is not so good, finally. :-\
> I'm not reproaching the developers about anything!
> It was just a question to know why they intergrate that function in the
> "little" shell but not the "big" one.
>
>> Provide a patch yourself, if you think this would accomplish your perfect
>> shell.
>
> I wish... but unfortunately, I'm not a developer at all, simply an
> appreciative user.
>
>> All the others don't seem to like bothering with bashisms here... neither
>> do I. ;)
>
> Oh... so why do they integrate bashisms in ash/hush?


It's undocumented and IMO undesirable. Assume they don't work.


>> 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
>
> Yeah, good idea! Just kidding. :-)
>

If you want to use Bash features, use Bash.

If you want to write a sh script, write it in sh; anything that you're
using brace expansion for can be written (more clearly as well) using
for -- or alternatively use bash.

Perhaps if you explained why you actually want to use ash as your
interactive shell maybe someone could help you.

Chris